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See Your Work Published!  A Call for Submissions! for the Killens Review of Arts & Letters (Spring 2026): Environmental Reckonings SUBMISSION DEADLINE: December 12, 2025, at 11:59 PM EST   The Killens Review of Arts & Letters is a peer-reviewed journal intended for an intergenerational range of African diasporic readers and the general public. For the Spring 2026 issue, the editorial team of the Killens Review seeks short stories, essays, creative nonfiction, poetry, art and photography. Inspired by the theme of the upcoming 18th National Black Writers Conference (NBWC), Expanding Conversations…

Hello everyone. It's me Always_Lurking and I was just stopping by to say hello. It has taken me a while to register since the change but I have been here lurking and not posting so much. So just saying hello to all the familiar folks. You guys still crack me up. Going back to lurk mode but I might post a little again lol.

I was fortunate to be honored along with Marva Allen and Marie Brown, last night, during The African American Literary Awards Show - 2012

Maya Angelou's next memoir: Mom & Me & Mom (Random House, April 2, 2013). Angelou shares the deepest personal story of her life: her relationship with her mother.

Join WALTER MOSLEY| for a benefit evening at Revolution Books Wednesday, August 21, 7:00pm * * * p a r t o f a n e w s e r i e s "Hidden Lives, Human Possibilities" Authors Present to Save Revolution Books WALTER MOSLEY will be speaking at Revolution Books as part of our new author series, "Hidden Lives, Human Possibilities." These are intimate evenings of readings and conversation at the bookstore with beloved authors, hosted by Andy Zee, spokesperson for Revolution Books. It's part of the Battle for Revolution Books -- an emergency drive to raise $30,000 by September 30 so that this irreplaceable bookstore can stay in Manh…

My name is Angela Watkins and I'm seeking a review of my self-published short story collection, titled Sunflowers: Surviving Girlhood (2016). The book consists of seven coming-of-age stories about African American girls from different backgrounds, who struggle to establish their identity under difficult circumstances. Some of the more serious stories deal with child abuse, bullying, teen pregnancy, and poverty. This collection gives voice to African American girls and young women, who are often marginalized and silenced. The ISBN is 978-1468187892; the ISBN for the Kindle e-book, published in 2014, is 1468187899. Thank you for your consideration!

The Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival is an annual, cultural arts & music festival that takes place over the course of 10 days in Tampa Bay, Florida. They host an Author Village which I checked out on Saturday and met a bunch of authors. I was only armed with an old cell phone, but I managed to shoot a couple of videos and a bunch of photos.

A black avant-garde composer from Britain turns outlaw in Los Angeles. She flouts a California law which dulls people’s minds by requiring four daily hours of screen-watching. In L.A., Angelica Morgan finds an audience and also, unexpectedly, love, a prison sentence, and a passion to stop the insidious law from taking hold in Britain. TURN ON, TUNE OUT is available from Amazon as an e-book (June 17, 2017, 978-989-99873-1-9) and a paperback (May 24, 2017, 978-989-99873-0-2) : https://www.amazon.com/Turn-Tune-CYNTHIA-ADINA-KIRKWOOD/dp/9899987301/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1498344804&sr=1-1&keywords=turn+on%2C+tune+out …

“If I am so much of a slut, why don’t you keep your husband out of my bed?” —Delores E. Jordan That quote is from Michael Jordan's sister (yes the basketball great). You can read the rest of the except here. Now this is from a Jordan's memoir that was published in 2001, but I never knew that Jordan's father, who was subsequently murdered (presumably in an unrelated incident), took the virginity of his own daughter and continued to abuse her for years! I have no idea how I missed that story! I was just adding information to the site about Jordan's mother who is an accomplished children's book author whose books have been illustrated b…

I bet there were a few of you yesterday, not all but a few, thinking: who the heck is this new dope begging for a free book review, posting mushy quotes with bad grammar, and talking about the importance of black women. Answer? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? Noooo? Ugh… fine, I’ll answer the freakin question myself, thank you very much. My name is Domovoi Elias Eliot. I’m a writer. Not inspiring. Just a writer (an author if you’re nasty). Truth is I’m no different than Tayari Jones, or Toni Morrison, or Ta-Nehisi Coates except they know Oprah and they are New York Times Bestsellers and I’m quite sure they’re better writers than I am but besides that there is truly no differenc…

Yes I know many webmasters have plenty of gripes about Google's search results -- all of whom feel their site's should ranks #1 in search results. Back in the spring of this year I noticed AALBC, which always performed very well on these search terms; "African American Books" and "African American Literature" (without the quotes) started to creep down the search engine ranking and is now getting clobbered on these terms. On a test I ran, just now, using incognito mode on Chrome browser, AALBC was on the third page of search results for African American Books -- effectively undiscoverable for a search on that term! I have never seen AALBC this far back in the…

I Recently published a Christian book about a young black proffessional who meets someone very special on a business trip. Things get tangeled up when they fall into natural passions. There is comedy and drama as well as many life lessons taught Avaialable on am*zon or Barnes and Nobles. I can be reached at Wijiii.johnson@gmail.com. (845) 820-7414 I can also provide copies.

Norris A. Burrell’s newly released “The Little Voyager” is a heartwarming tale about a little girl who lives out her dream of becoming an astronaut

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Before Podcasts, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and countless other outlets there were Black newspapers, magazines, and books to document our history. During the early days of segregation, they banned the Chicago Defender in the South! Now they want to whitewash history. The role of Black literature regardless of format is to preserve our incredible story for future generations. We need to tell the story our way. An African Proverb “Until the lion tells the story, the hunter will always be the hero.”

Remember to join my discord for example stories or other literary or illustrative work that isn’t public or finished yet. Email nor Substack allow for the group discussion environment as good as Discord. Use the link below by 10/25/2025 and say hi into the Emergency channel. https://discord.gg/murkVJJC Killens Review has a spring edition, they want it to be about environmental reckonings, I already have a set up. https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/11963-killens-review-spring-edition-open-till-december-12th-theme-environmental-reckonings/ TO READ THE WHOLE NEWSLETTER GO TO THE SUBSTACK Substack https://open.substack.com/pub/rmnewsletter…

Book. Black. History. On. Plate. Book. About. Preserving. The. ,,Legacy. Of. African. American. Food. For. Centuries. .....

This is basically a response to some of the questions to the first part of the series. As Brotha Troy asked: what is the answer? I sincerely feel that a part to the solution will come when we take control of our image. It is important that we regain our platform to control the images of us that is presented to the world. As Brotha Troy mentioned we are losing these platforms at an alarming rate and since we do not control our image, it is easy for the white media to paint us in a negative light. If you will recall when BET was sold, the first casualty was Ed Gordon and BET news. Once the news segment was destroyed, nothing remained other than the entertainment porti…

I saw this one some social media website. Unfortunately I can not attribute it to it's source the text is simply too small. This made me laugh out loud when I saw it.

Maya Angelou's next memoir: Mom & Me & Mom (Random House, April 2, 2013). Angelou shares the deepest personal story of her life: her relationship with her mother.

Join WALTER MOSLEY| for a benefit evening at Revolution Books Wednesday, August 21, 7:00pm * * * p a r t o f a n e w s e r i e s "Hidden Lives, Human Possibilities" Authors Present to Save Revolution Books WALTER MOSLEY will be speaking at Revolution Books as part of our new author series, "Hidden Lives, Human Possibilities." These are intimate evenings of readings and conversation at the bookstore with beloved authors, hosted by Andy Zee, spokesperson for Revolution Books. It's part of the Battle for Revolution Books -- an emergency drive to raise $30,000 by September 30 so that this irreplaceable bookstore can stay in Manh…

Authors United P.O. Box 4790 Santa Fe, NM 87502 For information, email Douglas Preston at doug@authorsunited.net A Letter to Our Readers: Amazon is involved in a commercial dispute with the book publisher Hachette , which owns Little, Brown, Grand Central Publishing, and other familiar imprints. These sorts of disputes happen all the time between companies and they are usually resolved in a corporate back room. But in this case, Amazon has done something unusual. It has directly targeted Hachette's authors in an effort to force their publisher to agree to its terms. For the past several months, Amazon has been: --Boycotting Hachette authors, …

Hi I am a writer from the Caribbean. As you can imagine we don't have many literary agents in our region. I am a screenplay writer and I am seeking representation anyone know of any reputable agents. I have been contacted in the past and some have even indicated that there is a fee to be represented.

While Black architects produce extraordinary works, they account for only two percent of the profession in the United States. Many of their works exist in the Black community and have helped preserve and restore history and culture. Though architecture is often not associated with Black Culture, it is an integral aspect in defining a community and requires careful consideration of design, context, and resident relationships. This book explores over forty works by Black architects and their impact in the Black community. A wide variety of projects are featured, from residences of affluent African Americans, to historic churches, to memorials and museums of Blac…

Dear AALBC, I am humbly requesting a book review for my forthcoming novel, UNDER COLOR OF LAW (Thomas & Mercer), due out October 1, 2021. Publishing Info: Author's Name: Aaron Philip Clark Title: Under Color of Law - Book 1 Trevor Finnegan Series ISBN13: 978-1542030182 Publication date: Oct. 1, 2021 Book cover image: Attached Pre-orders are available now at am*zon. You can also find additional information and content, such as cover art and the book trailer. Synopsis: The murder of a police recruit pins a black LAPD detective in a deadly web where race, corruption, violence, and cover-ups int…

..................what makes a legend? THE AIR BETWEEN OUR TUBS: Borrowed Dreams WINNER OF THE HACKNEY LITERARY AWARDS First she conquered her life and then she conquered her times. The odds against her could not have been greater and yet through faith, perseverance and extraordinary resilience she became one of America’s greatest Daughters. Justin Swingle The music of the prose captures the verve and passion of the lives it traces, and the arc of the narrative follows an epic trajectory, encompassing a vision as broad and embracing as the love that animates her awareness. LEWARO ROAD The Air Between Our …

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Hello Folks, Cynique here. I’m sure you’ll agree that hardly a day goes by without some occurrence or phenomenon jolting people into believing that the world is on a collision course with its final reckoning. The economy, the weather, wars, famine. What next? What does the future hold? Well, while we’re waiting to see, you might want to check out a book of mine that’s on its way. The urban contemporary romance novel I’m unleashing on the world is entitled “The Only One”, and its plot revolves around the familiar dilemma single “sistas” face when accesss to romantic prospects is frozen out by a flurry of “snowflakes”. The “black babe/white chick/black dude” tr…

THE WITNESS FROM BALCONY ROOM 3 06 IS A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE ASSASSINATION OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING...TOLD BY REV. SAMUEL KYLES WHO WAS THERE.. YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT REV. SAMUEL KYLES AND WHY DR . KING WAS IN MEMPHIS......IT CAN BE FOUND ON THE DOCUMENTARY CHANNEL WEBSITE, THE WITNESS FROM BALCONY ROOM 306..TO ME VERY INTERESTING......

Pose any questions you have for for Alice Walker below. We will be interviewing her this week. I can't guarantee we can ask every question, but we'll try.

This all started after my husband’s beloved mother died mid-September 2013. His niece graciously arranged for us to stay in a three story condo in Cape Charles, on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. The condo was wonderfully decorated to represent an oceanic theme—huge seashells, pictured images of magnificent sea creatures, and sea ornaments, purposefully arranged to reflect life in the nearby Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean. However, with all the wonderful décor, there was one piece in particular that captured my attention. It was a framed painting of a mermaid displayed in the master bedroom, titled Metamorphosis by Sheila Wolk. Her beauty captivated me to the point wher…

Publisher’s Name: Lajuanda Lilease G. Book Title: Trampling of the Weeds ISBN-13: 978-1532747823 Publishing Date: March 2016 Book Synopsis: Set in present day Harlem. A family must come to grips with its dysfunction. Zemirah has the support of friends, but is conflicted on if and how she should continue keeping them in her life, while moving forward into adulthood. Clifford, a strong young man battling Agoraphobia is ready to be seen as a man and be independent, but how, if he does not know how to get out of his own way? Ne’Shama the oldest sibling is trapped wanting to do more for her family, but when she has already been stretched …

I am seeking a review for my upcoming Oct 1, 2016 release, PLACES IN MY HEART, a contemporary romance. Omar Drummond is a pro football superstar with a body that’s a pure work of art. But Morgan Gray is forbidden to act on their chemistry, or repeat their impulsive kiss. Proving her worth as a sports agent means securing the notorious celebrity as a client, not a lover. Yet between flowers, sweet notes and heady hotel interludes, Omar is shamelessly seducing her... Other agents—and exes—have tried using Omar as a meal ticket, and he’s closed himself off from emotional entanglements. With Morgan, it’s a whole new playbook.…

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Rachel Renée Russell’s DORK DIARIES children’s books series has sold over 30 million copies with translation into 36 languages worldwide 222 weeks on the New York Times bestsellers list. The Dork Diaries is a fantastically successful series. The main characters are not Black. Rachel said in an interview with The New York Times that she wanted her books to appeal to a wide audience. Would it really be impossible for a Black main character to appeal to a wide (i.e. white) audience?

A bit extreme, because many Black people do read. However, I would concede most don't. But this is true of ALL people. People are informed, but they are, in my opinion, are informed about things that don't matter very much. Again, this is not just limited to Black people. Our problem is that we, with a few hundred years of oppression in America, can't afford to be so uninformed. We really do need to work twice as hard just to catch up. My laptop crashed today, I've spent hours trying to get it to boot and im tired...

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But this one sure hits close to home. My mentor wrote an article in 2009 about how black athletes should leave white schools and go to HBCUs. Jemele Hill wrote an article in the Atlantic last week with MANY of the same ideas. https://operation-nation.com/jemele-hill-article-in-the-atlantic-dangerously-close-to-plagiarism/ I never particularly cared for this woman. She represent the absolute limit white media will allow an unfiltered black voice. But then she turns around and promotes all that toxic feminism stuff that aims to divide black men and women. Judge for yourself. BTW, thank…

Generally what ever I post on social media I post here too, but with additional context: I was in the process of editing an image and the program I use, Pixlr saves the most recently edited images, when I opened it this morning I was just struck by the faces. People collectively are just beautiful. These are just some of the authors I've added to the site in the last 25 days. Some are paid clients, others are winners of major awards. Young old, Black, white, and everything in between.

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The. Book. Standing. My. Ground. Is. By. A. Black. Capitol. Police. ,Officer. Harry. Dunn Talking. About. What. Was. Going. On. January ,6. ,2001 ..When. The. Terrorist. Attack. Happen ..The. Only. Police. ,Officer. Doing. His. Job. Was. The. Black. Police. Officer. Who. Begun. Shooting. At. The. White. Christian. Terrorist. .The. White. ,Police. That. Was. Beat. Up. Would. Have. Shot. Black. ,Brown,Yellow,And. Red. People. If. There. We're. Attacking. That. ,Day. ..........

I. Read. That. Good. Times. TV. Show. Actress. Bernadette Stanis ,Has. A. Book. Called. Good. Times. Ant. We. Lucky. We. Got. Them .,Some. Black. People. Wondered. Why. The. Show. Was. Called. ,,Good. Times. ...? Poor. Black. Family. In. The. Inner. City. Whose. ,,Father. Was. There. ,Children. Had. Ambition. ,To. Be. A. Doctor. ,A. Lawyer. And. A. Artist. ..........

Heart of love coloring page What does DNB stand for? The art is for a contest that is still open, read more for details

The question has come up about what i do other than write. To be honest, I have made an effort to get my message out in front of the masses. Have you ever heard or read about the pact between the three brothas who made a pact to become doctors. Well, this is a story about a dozen ex-bank-robbers who made a similar pact. In the 70s we were responsible for all of the bank robberies in my hometown, dozens of them. When I first started robbing banks, I intended to use that money to buy "supplies" for the freedom fighters in Africa who were fighting to gain independence from colonial rulers. I also was doing my part to fund the black revolution that was brewing in this c…

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Hello, I’m writing to request that you consider my novel, Her Kind of Man, for review. Author: Elle Wright Title: Her Kind of Man Series: Edge of Scandal Release Date: April 26, 2016 ISBN: 978-1455560400 When Mr. Right is Oh So Wrong I’ll never let you go…Allina had always dreamed of hearing those words. But when her fiancé, Isaac, utters them, it isn’t a promise—it’s a threat. Scared and confused, with only moments before the wedding, Allina knows what she must do. Forget walking down the aisle; it’s time to run. Back to Michigan. Back to Kent. Kent …

Deadline for submissions to the 2017 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence is August 15, 2017 The Gaines Award honors rising African-American Fiction authors in recognition of Louisiana native Ernest Gaines’ extraordinary contribution to the literary world. Submission may be novels or short-story collections published in 2017, as well as Galleys for 2017 publications. Submissions will be judged by a 5-judge national literary panel. The winner, to be announced in November, will receive the $10,000 award at a ceremony in January sponsored by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation. This event honors work honors both the winning author an…

Naughtier. Than. Nice. Sisters. With. Man. Problems,Get. Together,,For,The. Holidays. And. Discover. What. Family. Is..Book,By,Eric. Dickey...

Hello there, I would like to submit my title for review consideration. Author's Name: Ross Victory Book Title: Views from the Cockpit: The Journey of a Son ISBN 13: 9780578460963 Publication Date: June 9, 2019 Website: https://www.rossvictory.com/view-my-work Book cover Book Synopsis: Views from the Cockpit: The Journey of a Son is a memoir born from pain. Page by page, year by year, tender father-son memories of airplane watching transform into nightmarish, turbulent family drama. Upon the discovery that his father had been the victim of elder abuse as his health was rapidly deteriorating, the author fin…