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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. Quvenzhane Wallis Signs 6-figure Children's Book Deal

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  2. Jacqueline Jones LaMon Elected President of Cave Canem Foundation

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  3. HAPPY BIRTHDAY GHETTOHEAT TV!

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  4. Hue-Man Bookstore's October Events

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  5. Writer's Pro Workshops:Digital Workshops for Aspiring, New, and Veteran Authors

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  6. Black Hollywood Unchained

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  7. Angela Flournoy is a National Book Foundation Honorees

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

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

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  10. Big Name Authors Headline the National Black Book Festival

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

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  12. Authors interview

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  13. eBook Sales Are Down - Paper Books Enjoy Growth

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  14. Welcome to Death Row

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  15. African American Publishing Directories?

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    • 1 reply
    • 750 views
    Troy

  16. THE FIRE NEXT TIME,JAMES BALDWIN/

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

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  18. UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.

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    • 3 replies
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  19. ...And Amazon Is Now A Book Agent/Publisher/Distributor...again

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  20. Majority of Authors Earn Below Poverty Line

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

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  22. GHETTOHEAT FLASH: 2

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  23. SOUL FOOD COOKING

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

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  25. Avid Reader Looking for the Title of Book

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  26. Black Women Booted off a Train for Laughing

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

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  28. 5TH ANNUAL GHETTOHEAT TWEETHEAD-A-THON ON TWITTER!

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    • 3 replies
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  29. TEAM GHETTOHEAT!

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    HICKSON

  30. 5TH ANNUAL GHETTOHEAT TWEETHEAD-A-THON ON TWITTER!

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  31. How Can Bloggers Support Each Other?

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

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  33. 2015 Phillis Wheatley Awards -- Harlem Book Fair

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

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    • 10 replies
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  35. A History of Storer College from Slavery to Desegregation

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    • 1.3k views
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  36. Power List Summer 2015 Best-Selling Books

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

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  38. Uncle tom or New Negro?

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    • 9 replies
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  39. Read This to Discover Great Authors, Books, Events & More

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

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

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  42. Plukka presents Pamela Newkirk

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  43. One man's view of the 2015 Harlem Book Fair

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

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

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    • 875 views
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  46. HICKSON: CEO OF GHETTOHEAT® IS ON INSTAGRAM!

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

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  48. What Are YOU Willing to Do?

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  49. Wings God Almighty

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

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