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Black Literature

Readers tell us about your favorite and not-so-favorite books. Authors and Publishers share information about your books. This forum is open to everyone interested in discussing anything related to books by, or about, Black people.

  1. Valentines Day

    richardmurray,
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    • 300 views
    richardmurray

  2. The Wizard, staring Tudor Turtle, Prez Obama and Chris Hayden

    careycarey,
    • 5 replies
    • 5.8k views
    careycarey

  3. Longtime supporter Kimberla Lawson Roby has a new book out

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.7k views
    Troy

  4. GHETTOHEAT® IS ROCKIN' ON THE R-A-D-I-O-! #6

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.9k views
    HICKSON

  5. The Baltimore African American Book Festival

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.2k views
    Troy

  6. Power List Summer 2015 Best-Selling Books

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    CDBurns

  7. The Writers' Block - FREEDOM FAIR

    Creative Artist Yvonne,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Creative Artist Yvonne

  8. Readers & REEL Folk - Episode 6

    Amari,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Guest
    Guest

  9. My. Life In. The. Bush .

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 737 views
    harry brown

  10. Book review request: MOTOWN MAN

    Guest Bob Campbell,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  11. THE GARDINS OF EDIN – A debut novel about a southern family and its many complexities

    Rosey Lee,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Rosey Lee

  12. RE: reality check for carey carey

    Cynique,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.9k views
    Chrishayden

  13. ANPU: WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN #3

    HICKSON,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.5k views
    HICKSON

  14. African-American Philosophers: 17 Conversations

    Troy,
    • 5 replies
    • 4.9k views
    Dee Miller

  15. Nkiru Books is Online

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.5k views
    CDBurns

  16. BOOK REVIEW REQUEST

    Sheryl,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Sheryl

  17. Book review request -"College Life 101: Freshman Orientation"

    Guest J.B. Vample,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  18. Book Review request

    Guest Dori Hightower,
    • 0 replies
    • 851 views
    Guest
    Guest

  19. Book Review Request

    Guest Michael,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  20. Why Young,Men.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 908 views
    harry brown

  21. MacArthur “Genius” Books and a Literary Activist Transitions

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 744 views
    Troy

  22. Bell. Hook Dies

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 751 views
    Troy

  23. Dr. Martin. Luther. King.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 409 views
    harry brown

  24. Confederate Vampires from Princess Weekes and my question to lost Black causes in fiction?

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 657 views
    richardmurray

  25. Book Review Request: Lalibela (Poetry Collection)

    Regina Shepherd,
    • 2 replies
    • 851 views
    Regina Shepherd

  26. Two of the coolest things I learned about facebook this week

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.4k views
    Guest
    Guest

  27. Burn Baby Burn?

    Chrishayden,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Chrishayden

  28. 50% off Homepage Placement for your Book

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

  29. The Fork and Spoon Chronicles

    alidawriter,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    alidawriter

  30. Book Giveaway for Two Book Clubs

    Deborah J. Davis,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Deborah J. Davis

  31. Michael Baisden, Eric Jerome Dickey & Malcolm X on The Book Look!

    TheBookLook,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.4k views
    TheBookLook

  32. "Data Processing"

    Cynique,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.6k views
    Troy

  33. 2014 Leimert Park Village Book Fair

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.9k views
    Troy

  34. A History of Storer College from Slavery to Desegregation

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  35. Rolling out the New Website Design

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 992 views
    Troy

  36. Book Review Request

    Bare Bones Press,
    • 0 replies
    • 955 views
    Bare Bones Press

  37. Book Trailer: Shelter in a Time of Storm: How Black Colleges Fostered Generations of Leadership and Activism by Jelani M. Favors

    Guest Gina Mahalek,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  38. Nikki Powerhouse has a new poetry book out

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 733 views
    richardmurray

  39. The WHite SAviour in film from Princess Weekes and where is the Black savior?

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 521 views
    richardmurray

  40. CENTO Series episode 91

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 277 views
    richardmurray

  41. Poem -The Echo Of Tanit's Cries

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 183 views
    richardmurray

  42. [kalamu] E-DRUM - MAR 24, 2010

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2k views
    Troy

  43. The Destruction of Black America

    alidawriter,
    • 7 replies
    • 4.8k views
    Troy

  44. GHETTOHEAT® HOTNESS 3 TOUR 2012!

    HICKSON,
    • 4 replies
    • 5.6k views
    HICKSON

  45. Literacise™ Matches Body Movements with Books

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 5k views
    Troy

  46. Stephanie Robinson, Paul Coates, Black Classic Press, Sisters w/Books on The Book Look!

    TheBookLook,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

  47. Eric Jerome Dickey's Book One Night

    Janice,
    • 10 replies
    • 3.1k views
    Troy

  48. The Ancestors.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Mel Hopkins

  49. WIN A FREE SPOT ON KETURAH KENDRICK BOOK TOUR!!!!

    Dr. Kim,
    • 0 replies
    • 833 views
    Dr. Kim

  50. Shattering Black Male Stereotypes

    Coach Michael Taylor,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Coach Michael Taylor

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