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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. "Growing titties takes focus."

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.3k views
    Mel Hopkins

  2. Beta readers for Brit Restoration / Glorious Revolution period?

    Neale Sourna,
    • 0 replies
    • 799 views
    Neale Sourna

  3. I. Got. The Christmas. Spirit!!!!

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 778 views
    harry brown

  4. I'm Presenting at the Austin African American Book Festival

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 806 views
    Troy

  5. FOR REVIEW: 3 nonfiction books about Black history from Black authors

    Guest Joe Walters,
    • 1 reply
    • 873 views
    Troy

  6. Book review request, please

    Guest Obelia Akanke,
    • 0 replies
    • 761 views
    Guest
    Guest

  7. FINALLY A CURE FOR INCELS from Steven Barnes of Lifewriting

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 747 views
    richardmurray

  8. Haki Madhbuit Forced out at CSU

    Chrishayden,
    • 4 replies
    • 3.8k views
    Chrishayden

  9. Write On! Workshop, March 22, 2014, Dayton, OH

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  10. Black Women Booted off a Train for Laughing

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Cynique

  11. At the dark end of the street - book review

    MAFOOMBAY,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    MAFOOMBAY

  12. Almost 1,000 book reviews have been published by AALBC.com.

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 971 views
    Troy

  13. Singing,Swinging Merry. Like. Christmas.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 756 views
    harry brown

  14. Is this what Dr. Frances Cress Welsing would want?

    Troy,
    • 5 replies
    • 2k views
    Troy

  15. NY Times Bestselling Author of God Don't Like Ugly Endorses RUTHLESS PAMELA JEAN by Carol Denise Mitchell

    Guest CD Mitchell,
    • 0 replies
    • 780 views
    Guest
    Guest

  16. Rise of the Ravenisha

    Guest Pamela Lawson,
    • 0 replies
    • 813 views
    Guest
    Guest

  17. Brown. Sugar. Baby.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 184 views
    harry brown

  18. Nina Simone Born 1933 what music of hers you like, one of my favorite musicians.

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 162 views
    richardmurray

  19. Norman Spinrad on African Science Fiction

    Chrishayden,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Chrishayden

  20. Corinne and Me: An Unlikely Friendship (New Novel)

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.2k views
    Troy

  21. From Wrong 2 "Write!"

    alidawriter,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    alidawriter

  22. YOU-KNOW-IT-LIKE-A-POET: HICKSON!

    HICKSON,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.7k views
    HICKSON

  23. The “Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth” Interview

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 2k views
    Cynique

  24. American Library Association Announces 2015 Youth Media Award Winners

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 4.3k views
    Troy

  25. “Daddy and Roger and ’em shot ’em a nigger.”

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  26. Reading dialect aloud

    Guest Linda B.,
    • 1 reply
    • 900 views
    Troy

  27. Am. I. Ready. For. Christmas. .

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 959 views
    harry brown

  28. am*zon Limits Book Purchases??!

    Guest Gloria J. Browne-Marshall,
    • 1 reply
    • 818 views
    Troy

  29. Bullets in the Fire-The Saga of New York Red

    Guest Edward Roy,
    • 1 reply
    • 797 views
    Troy

  30. The 31st edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 584 views
    richardmurray

  31. The 38th edition of the 2024 Richard Murray Newsletter.

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 405 views
    richardmurray

  32. RMNewsletter 4th Version February 9th

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 318 views
    richardmurray

  33. A story for AALBC part 1

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 685 views
    richardmurray

  34. Fiction vs Non Fiction

    Greg Thomas,
    • 0 replies
    • 141 views
    Greg Thomas

  35. CENTO Series episode 92

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 116 views
    richardmurray

  36. The Time Is Now!

    Cynique,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Cynique

  37. Avid Reader Looking for the Title of Book

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 880 views
    Troy

  38. Are Book Festivals Becoming a Thing of the Past?

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.9k views
    CDBurns

  39. Book Review Request: Black Power, Gender and the Black Panther Party in Oakland

    Guest Robyn C. Spencer,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  40. Interested in a Book Review

    L. Cox,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    L. Cox

  41. GHETTOHEAT: GHETTOHEAT

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 992 views
    HICKSON

  42. National Black Writers Conference: November 11 – 14, 2020

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

  43. Publicist

    Guest Sheryl Johnston,
    • 0 replies
    • 774 views
    Guest
    Guest

  44. Openpulpit, what are your thoughts to the Haitian Constitution?

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 481 views
    richardmurray

  45. Who is ready for trick or treating? : RMNewsletter 4th Version October 26th 2025

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 350 views
    richardmurray

  46. Happy Anniversary to Sunset Children Stories

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 163 views
    richardmurray

  47. Johnny Temple of Akashic Books interviews Troy D. Johnson

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  48. The Best 8 Books Published for Young People

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  49. New Black Panther Documentary Film

    Troy,
    • 7 replies
    • 4.4k views
    Troy

  50. AALBC mourns the loss of “Prodigy” of Mobb Deep

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.9k views
    Troy

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