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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. Get a Free Audiobook of Their Eyes Were Watching God -- Today Only

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 942 views
    daniellegfny

  2. Government Data to Drive Fact-Based Discussion

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 881 views
    Troy

  3. The 21st edition of the 2024 Richard Murray Newsletter.

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 382 views
    richardmurray

  4. The Hidden Gem in the film MA 2019

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 809 views
    richardmurray

  5. Ganey Teaches Counting

    Dr. Lorna,
    • 2 replies
    • 611 views
    Dr. Lorna

  6. Around the First Flail

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 118 views
    richardmurray

  7. A Review of "The Help"

    Cynique,
    • 13 replies
    • 4.5k views
    Troy

  8. Holiday Books and Rum Balls

    Crystal,
    • 5 replies
    • 3.3k views
    Chrishayden

  9. GLOBALIZATION: GHETTOHEAT

    HICKSON,
    • 2 replies
    • 3.7k views
    HICKSON

  10. AALBC.com eNewsletter - March 29th 2012 - Issue #191

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  11. I Want To Be Openly Gay

    hen81,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.4k views
    hen81

  12. Hi, my name is Tiffany and I'm new to AALBC.

    tiffanysimonethewriter,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  13. Funk & Soul Covers

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 755 views
    Troy

  14. Ethereal Voices

    Guest Shona Jabang,
    • 0 replies
    • 597 views
    Guest
    Guest

  15. black man where's your key ?

    Guest cristy n'bkl,
    • 0 replies
    • 678 views
    Guest
    Guest

  16. AALBC's First Newsletter of 2019 – Great Books and More

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.1k views
    Troy

  17. On. Juneteenth

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 848 views
    Guest
    Guest

  18. I created a version of the I.S.D. cup for a story of mine

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 421 views
    richardmurray

  19. The first black superheroine in USA comics

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 662 views
    richardmurray

  20. Thanks to Bernice McFadden

    Kola Boof,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.5k views
    Troy

  21. IMAGINARY EYES ART EXHIBIT IN HARLEM, NY 4/11/12 - 4/18/12

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    HICKSON

  22. Big Book Cover Ad Position Available

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  23. The Greatest Show on Earth

    Nah'Sun,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Nah'Sun

  24. Children's Book Festival 2017

    Melica Niccole,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.5k views
    Melica Niccole

  25. The Secret Lives of the Four Wives: A Novel by Lola Shoneyin Read an Excerpt

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 984 views
    Troy

  26. The Easiest Way to Find Books on AALBC's Website

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 4.1k views
    Troy

  27. Dominion: written 26 years ago, now an audiobook

    Guest raf_publisher,
    • 0 replies
    • 775 views
    Guest
    Guest

  28. Institutional racism and the search for African American masculinity and identity in selected works of Richard Wright

    Guest Khefa Nosakhere,
    • 0 replies
    • 664 views
    Guest
    Guest

  29. Troy on Black Authors Matter TV

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 750 views
    Troy

  30. TODAY at 1 p.m. A Conversation on the History of the AABLC!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 837 views
    Troy

  31. Date of Birth: Poems by Shawn R. Jones [For Book Review Consideration]

    Persea Books,
    • 0 replies
    • 707 views
    Persea Books

  32. Summer. Of. Hamn Chuck. D

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 512 views
    harry brown

  33. Write a horror story in six words or less?

    richardmurray,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.7k views
    richardmurray

  34. Another MLK Day, with nothing to do

    Thumper,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.2k views
    Xeon

  35. What is Penny Porn?

    Chrishayden,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.6k views
    bookfan

  36. HICKSON HUSTLES HARDER!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.4k views
    HICKSON

  37. Video of DANIEL BLACK (If you don't enjoy this reading something must be wrong with you)

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 744 views
    Troy

  38. Sharing News About My Book/Interviews

    Elva D. Green,
    • 7 replies
    • 2.1k views
    Elva D. Green

  39. MY NEW BOOK IS FREE ON AMAZON 4/19-4/21! REVIEW REQUEST

    Lashonda B,
    • 0 replies
    • 964 views
    Lashonda B

  40. The Israelites Were Black!

    Guest Karen Sloan-Brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 928 views
    Guest
    Guest

  41. Black people, in American today, are the luckiest Black people to have ever lived.

    Troy,
    • 18 replies
    • 3.6k views
    Pioneer1

  42. Place of Privilege

    Guest Mark Robinson,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  43. Three ways to know more about me

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 367 views
    richardmurray

  44. I Am Not Sidney Poitier

    Yvette,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.9k views
    Yvette

  45. Brainwashed: Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority by Tom Burrell

    Troy,
    • 8 replies
    • 5.9k views
    Chrishayden

  46. FOLLOW @GHETTOHEAT ON #TWITTER!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.9k views
    HICKSON

  47. I Want To Be Openly Gay - Free Limited Time

    hen81,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.6k views
    hen81

  48. YODO - You Only Die Once - Then You Understand Life – Free Limited Time

    hen81,
    • 1 reply
    • 2k views
    Troy

  49. Come to The Twelfth National Black Writers Conference

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 851 views
    Troy

  50. 20 Finalists for the 2015 National Book Awards!

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.9k views
    Troy

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