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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. Black Hollywood Unchained

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  2. Angela Flournoy is a National Book Foundation Honorees

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  3. New List! Best-Selling Children’s Books on AALBC.com

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  4. Big Name Authors Headline the National Black Book Festival

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  5. Wil Haygood’s new book, Showdown, on Thurgood Marshall and racial segregation

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  6. eBook Sales Are Down - Paper Books Enjoy Growth

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  7. Baldwin's Heir to Write Black Panther comic for Marvel

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  8. Welcome to Death Row

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  9. African American Publishing Directories?

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  10. THE FIRE NEXT TIME,JAMES BALDWIN/

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  11. Two of My Favorite Publishers (and one is not Black owned)

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  12. Majority of Authors Earn Below Poverty Line

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  13. The 40 Most Popular Books Read by African Americans this Summer

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  14. GHETTOHEAT FLASH: 2

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  15. SOUL FOOD COOKING

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    harry brown

  16. Authors interview

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    Guest
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  17. Equality, Opportunity, and the American Dream--is Bull Crap!

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    Cynique

  18. New Black Panther Documentary Film

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  19. Avid Reader Looking for the Title of Book

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  20. Black Women Booted off a Train for Laughing

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    Cynique

  21. ...And Amazon Is Now A Book Agent/Publisher/Distributor...again

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  22. Remember: When people tell you something's wrong...

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  23. TEAM GHETTOHEAT!

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    HICKSON

  24. 5TH ANNUAL GHETTOHEAT TWEETHEAD-A-THON ON TWITTER!

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    HICKSON

  25. 5TH ANNUAL GHETTOHEAT TWEETHEAD-A-THON ON TWITTER!

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  26. How Can Bloggers Support Each Other?

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  27. 2015 Phillis Wheatley Awards -- Harlem Book Fair

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    • 1 reply
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  28. Eric Jerome Dickey's Book One Night

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  29. A History of Storer College from Slavery to Desegregation

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  30. African-American Philosophers: 17 Conversations

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    • 5 replies
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    Dee Miller

  31. Power List Summer 2015 Best-Selling Books

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    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    CDBurns

  32. New International Pavilion at the Library of Congress 2015 National Book Festival

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  33. UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.

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    • 3 replies
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  34. Uncle tom or New Negro?

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    • 9 replies
    • 4.2k views
    CDBurns

  35. Read This to Discover Great Authors, Books, Events & More

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  36. Ta-Nehisi Coates Between the World and Me debuts at #1 on the New York Time Best Sellers List

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  37. The Program for the Black Caucus of the American Library Association 9th Conference

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  38. Plukka presents Pamela Newkirk

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    • 1 reply
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  39. One man's view of the 2015 Harlem Book Fair

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    • 1 reply
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  40. Call for Submissions: Fall/Winter 2015 Killens Review of Arts & Letters

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  41. Go Set a Watchman sells 1.1 Million Copies in Less Than Two Weeks.

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  42. What Are YOU Willing to Do?

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  43. Latest Salvo in the War Against Amazon Books Retailing

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  44. Wings God Almighty

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    • 1 reply
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  45. New Self-Publishing Literary Award to Promote Diverse Books in Libraries

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  46. Forum traffic is up 45%, but participation is down

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  47. John A. Williams, A Remarkable Writer Passes

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  48. Who has filled the intellectual void after James Baldwin?

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    • 32 replies
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  49. AALBC.com Website Upgrade - What Would You like to see?

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  50. GHETTOHEAT CELEBRATES 12 YEARS OF HOTNESS!

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