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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. Majority of Authors Earn Below Poverty Line

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

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  3. GHETTOHEAT FLASH: 2

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  4. SOUL FOOD COOKING

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

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  6. Avid Reader Looking for the Title of Book

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  7. Black Women Booted off a Train for Laughing

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

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  9. 5TH ANNUAL GHETTOHEAT TWEETHEAD-A-THON ON TWITTER!

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  10. TEAM GHETTOHEAT!

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  11. 5TH ANNUAL GHETTOHEAT TWEETHEAD-A-THON ON TWITTER!

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  12. How Can Bloggers Support Each Other?

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    Troy

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

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    • 11.5k views
    Troy

  14. 2015 Phillis Wheatley Awards -- Harlem Book Fair

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    • 1 reply
    • 994 views
    CDBurns

  15. Eric Jerome Dickey's Book One Night

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    • 10 replies
    • 2.9k views
    Troy

  16. A History of Storer College from Slavery to Desegregation

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  17. Power List Summer 2015 Best-Selling Books

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    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
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  18. New International Pavilion at the Library of Congress 2015 National Book Festival

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    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  19. Uncle tom or New Negro?

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    • 9 replies
    • 4.2k views
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  20. Read This to Discover Great Authors, Books, Events & More

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    Troy

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

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    • 3 replies
    • 1.7k views
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  22. The Program for the Black Caucus of the American Library Association 9th Conference

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  23. Plukka presents Pamela Newkirk

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

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    • 1 reply
    • 1.5k views
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  25. Call for Submissions: Fall/Winter 2015 Killens Review of Arts & Letters

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

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    • 0 replies
    • 848 views
    Troy

  27. HICKSON: CEO OF GHETTOHEAT® IS ON INSTAGRAM!

    HICKSON,
    • 6 replies
    • 4.6k views
    HICKSON

  28. GHETTOHEATHOTNESS BOOK CLUB MEETS 2/13 ON FACEBOOK!

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    • 2 replies
    • 1.5k views
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  29. What Are YOU Willing to Do?

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  30. Wings God Almighty

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    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
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  31. New Self-Publishing Literary Award to Promote Diverse Books in Libraries

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    • 0 replies
    • 831 views
    Troy

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

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    • 697 views
    Troy

  33. GHETTOHEAT CELEBRATES 12 YEARS OF HOTNESS!

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    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    HICKSON

  34. African Americans in Publishing

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    • 1 reply
    • 1.9k views
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  35. BEN CARSON'S SMILING FACE/

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    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
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  36. “What is AALBC like as far as pricing and visitors to their site actually making purchases?”

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    • 4 replies
    • 3.4k views
    Cynique

  37. Why I keep Asking You Not to Buy Books from Amazon

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    • 1 reply
    • 1.5k views
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  38. "A Lively BEA" Reported by Publishers Weekly

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    • 2 replies
    • 4.7k views
    Troy

  39. Regine L. Sawyer Creator of Black Comics

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    • 0 replies
    • 2k views
    Troy

  40. Waiting to Exhale is on President Obama’s Bookshelf

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    • 3 replies
    • 7.4k views
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  41. Power List Best-Selling Books - Spring 2015

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    • 2 replies
    • 1.4k views
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  42. MEMORIAL DAY, BLACK SOLDIERS/

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    • 958 views
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  43. Queen Bessie

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    • 2 replies
    • 2.1k views
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  44. The 9th Annual Black Pack Party - May 27, 2015

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.4k views
    Marc Polite

  45. The All-White World of Children's Books

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 11.9k views
    CDBurns

  46. The Killer Angels by MIchael Shaara

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    • 0 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

  47. Bitches in Bookshops

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    • 0 replies
    • 1.8k views
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  48. FIRE NEXT TIME, JAMES BALDWIN

    harry brown,
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    • 914 views
    harry brown

  49. Interesting Videos on African American Literature

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    • 3 replies
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  50. 46th NAACP Image Awards Nominees - Outstanding Literary Work

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    • 13 replies
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