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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. Book Fairs & Festivals Highlighting African American Authors

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  2. Any questions for Alice Walker? We will be interviewing her this week.

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  3. Some Interesting Titles Coming Out This Year

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  4. Grandma Does It Better – The Elder Erotica Series - Free limited Time

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  5. A Few Great Independent Bookstores

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  6. "Data Processing"

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  7. Fifty Shades of Plaid – The Elder Erotica Series - Free Limited Time

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  8. Amiri Baraka, Poet, Activist, Author Transitioned Today

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  9. Camille Yarbrough: Author/Activist, "the foremother of hip hop"

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  10. Great Books For Just 1 Penny

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  11. Why readers have it more difficult today (writers too)

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  12. Marva Allen of Hue-Man Bookstore & Jack Dorsey CEO of Square

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  13. Get Cash for Your Books

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  14. Ghetto Tony And White Trash Tina – Free For Christmas

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  15. 2 for 2 - Book Promotion Special! Over two months less than $100

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  16. Black People Don't Read

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  17. GRUDGE MATCH starring Kevin Hart In Theaters December 25th

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  18. Indie Bookstores Growing... But not in the Black Community

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  19. African Voices Holiday Mixer (Harlem) - Great Give-A-Ways Too!

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  20. Win a Copy of Prisoners on Blu-ray Combo Pack and Digital Download!

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  21. Looking for a Book for the Man in Your Life?

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  22. Hoe Hoe Hoe – Merry Christmas – Free Very Limited Time

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  23. Q & A WITH HICKSON: CEO OF GHETTOHEAT® & READ, WRITE, REVIEW, DISCUSS BOOK GROUP!

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  24. Things you Can’t Tell Mama – The Pastor’s Wife 3 – Free Limited Time

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  25. Kalyani Magazine - A Literary Print Magazine by Women of Color

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  26. HOLY LOCK DOWN//

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  27. The First Recovered Memoir Written in Prison by an African-American

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    • 1 reply
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  28. HICKSON: CEO OF GHETTOHEAT® ENTERS THE INTERROGATION ROOM!

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  29. Nelson Mandela - The New Yorker Cover

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  30. Revenge Of A Not-So-Pretty Girl Excerpt

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  31. HOT NEW RELEASE: COOCHIE 3

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  32. Forget Big Brother We Tell DAD Everything – Free Limited Time

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  33. The Pastor’s Lover 3 – Pastor’s Baby Mama – Free Limited Time

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  34. Just in time for the holidays...Join "The Conversation"

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  35. Goodreads Giveaway - Win a free copy of Legend of the Black Roses

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  36. WORLDWIDE GHETTOHEAT® BOOK CLUB ON FACEBOOK!

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  37. “Foot Wash” & Fair Hope Christian Benevolent Society

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  38. Gay Mega Church Scandal Makes Bestsellers Holiday List

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  39. She Twerks Hard For The Money – Free Limited Time

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  40. Finalists Reading from the National Book Awards

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  41. Tyson's Undisputed Truth - Was Hard to Watch

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  42. Amazon's Top 100 Free eBooks

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  43. Do Book Awards Matter? by Ishmael Reed

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  44. The latest African American Literature Book Club eNewsletter is out!

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  45. Live from the National Book Awards

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  46. Book Look Xtra: Author/Poet Kwame Alexander releases He Said, She Said!

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  47. NoViolet BulaWayo reading during the National Book Foundation

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  48. Massive Monroe – Free Limited Time

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  49. Simon & Schuster Authors Celebrate Local Independent Bookstores

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  50. What role should race play in art?

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