Black Literature

Q & A WITH HICKSON: CEO OF GHETTOHEAT® AND DC BOOKDIVA, July 2006 I sat down with HICKSON, CEO of GHETTOHEAT® to discuss the book CONVICT’S CANDY, and to get the 411 on his next projects! DC BOOKDIVA: HICKSON, you are the publisher of the newly released book, CONVICT’S CANDY, can you tell our readers a little about GHETTOHEAT® and the book? HICKSON: GHETTOHEAT® is my publishing company which I started on June 4th, 2003. It wasn’t my original plan to pursue, since I was working in the fashion industry at the time. I was working as NAOMI CAMPBELL’s personal wardrobe coordinator for five years, before working as a production coordinator for all of the b…

JAMES BALDWIN ,READING ONLINE HIS ESSAYS,HIS TIME AT THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH WHEN YOUNG,AT THE MUSLIM RELIGION IN HARLEM/ I'M,WONDERING,WHAT IS THE RELIGION OF BLACK PEOPLE,CHRISTIAN/DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING CHRISTIAN OR WHITE CHRISTIAN/MUSLIM,//BLACK PREACHERS DO NOT PRACTICE 1O COMMANDMENTS,CHURCHES ARE BABYLON,SODOM -GOMORRAH,PIMP HOUSES//NOT A SECRET MEETING PLACE OF UNITY ,LIKE ON PLANTATIONS//.IS BLACK RELIGION ENSLAVING BLACK PEOPLE/YES.////

Here I'm with Kai EL’Zabar who is the Executive Editor of The Chicago Defender during the Black Pack Party in Chicago this past Wednesday (read the full article and the Defender's website).

The Original Roots Movie Was On , The Sundance Channel,This Past Weekend..The Greats, Maya Angelou,Cisely Tyson ,And The Rest Of That Great Black Cast.....

"Evocative and affecting.... Okeowo's in-depth, perceptive reporting gives a voice to ... extraordinarily courageous--and resilient--women and men."Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Remarkable.... Okeowo writes with beauty and grace.... Refreshingly, she does not give in to easy answers.... Clear-eyed, lyrical, observant, and compassionatereportage at its finest."Kirkus (starred review) I’m so excited to introduce you to A Moonless, Starless Sky: Ordinary Women and Men Fighting Extremism in Africa (Hachette Books; ISBN: 9780316382939; on sale 10/03/17), the debut book by one of America’s most acclaimed journalists and staff writer at the New Yorker, Alexis…

Little Leaders,Bold Black Women By Vashti Harrison.. About,Fourth Trailblazing Black Women ,In American History...

Book. Author. Talks. About,The. Dysfunction. And. ,Criminal,Subculture That. Exist In. The. Black. ,Communities..I. Wish. Him. Good. Luck. The. Black,Community. Is. Obsessed. With. Genocide. .Black,Leaders,You. Cannot. Trust,Enslaving. Their , Own,People. Street. Gangs. Slaughtering. Black. People,In. ,The. Streets. Crack. Houses Black. Men. Prostitute. Teenage ,,Girls. In. The. Streets,Black. Men. Having. Multiple.,Children,With. Multiple. Women,Preachers. Who. ,Worship,Money...Racist. White. People. Can. ,Watch. ,The,Black,Race. Genocide. Themselves...Blacks,Versus,Niggers,By,Taleeb Starkes..

Tomorrow, my novel, THE TALENTED Xth will be free on Amazon, and I wholeheartedly encourage you to check the work out. Out of my twenty books, this is the one I like most, Well, actually, it is the one I enjoyed writing the most. The novel is about the first gay heavyweight boxing champion of the world. Right now, I think that I should give you a heads-up about the book. As a writer, I enjoy taking risks. In fact, I detest literary limitations and I have no patience for writing how others feel I should write. I have developed my own style of writing which I called "The Gibraltar Method' and this is how I do it. Now, for a bit of background on the book. None …

Hood. Supreme. Political. And-Criminal. Families. Within. The -Street. Wars. In. Chicago. Book-,By Mz Lady P...

I'm a "Pillar" of the Black Book world y'all! Normally this award would be presented during GOG's annual celebration which is held in different cities all over the country! This year it was held on Zoom ... man I long for real world events.

Above is a clip from the WSJ’s Future of Everything Festival. The festival was held in New York City on May 18, 2022. Here I answer the question, “...what is their biggest complaint about reading...?” Watch the full 30-minute video: https://on.wsj.com/3NZbwrM I was a very cool event and I'm glad I was invited to participate. There was also a area where technology was displayed and demonstrated. I git a much better appreciation for technology and where is going. The technology will make it even easier for marketers and those with malintent to hack into your brain and control your thinking and behavior. We are not ready for this...

Greetings. As a newly admitted member I would like to give thanks for allowing me a place to have a voice. As an author who has been writing for years, and finally deciding to share those writings, in an official way, and at a social level, this forum was most appealing. My reason for authoring books has always been the same. To share the truth. By doing so I know that people will have the ability to make the very best decision they know how to make. And that is all we can do. The COVID-19 Coronavirus, has, from the very beginning, been the denial of information. I know this. Because I have researched, tracked, and monitored, this entire event from its ince…

I came across this phrase in the title of Sly Stone's upcoming Memoir, Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir by Sly Stone and Ben Greenman It fell like I should be able to get it, and it is probably something simple -- there must be some mental block. Can sometime tell me what the heck this means please. 🙂

Check out the entire series: www.jt-johnson.com In a time when battles are fought and leaders rise and fall, an unlikely friendship is formed between two men, Erich, a fearless commander from the kingdom of Meir and Nash, a rogue assassin from the kingdom of Noyi. These men meet on a crossroad to their destinies to discover they are pawns used by their governments to start a war of power. Three kingdoms, two men, one mission. Can their friendship withstand the test of time or will one be forced to question can he kill the man he considers his friend, his counterpart...a brother?

Have you ever read a poetic critique? RMNewsletter 4th Version January 11th 2026 https://open.substack.com/pub/rmnewsletter/p/have-you-ever-read-a-poetic-critique?r=xit0b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true #rmnewsletter #richardmurrayhumblr #rmaalbc #hddeviant #richardmurray #rmworkcalendar #rmcommunitycalendar Have you ever read a poetic critique? by Richard Murray RMNewsletter 4th Version January 11th 2026 Read on Substack

-----Pity poor Tyler Perry! -----I know he’s fabulously rich–but pity him anyway—he get’s no respect -----The language used to attack his film version of FOR COLORED GIRLS is harsh: “Utter failure...”, “suffocating melodrama...”, “...calamitous...”, “...train wreck of a movie...” are a few of the milder comments. His adaptation of the Ntozake Shange play is deemed to have “...wrung the beauty and truth out of the original in almost every possible way...”, and he is accused of indulging “...his worst instincts for melodrama...”. In addition, he is alleged to be “tone deaf...” to the “passion and courage...” of the original work. (Actually two critics accuse him of …

DID YOU KNOW?... By Alina Oswald, A & U Magazine (America’s AIDS Magazine), August 2006 Alina Oswald Talks with Harlem-Based Publisher HICKSON About Getting the Word Out About HIV. Did you know...that HIV circulates in prison through unprotected sex? That condoms are not allowed in prison, in order to not advocate sex? That convicts often use potato chip bags or latex gloves as condoms? They also use Vaseline, which eats out the latex…. That HIV-positive convicts rarely receive treatment? Or when they do, medical professionals do not monitor it? Same goes for hormone therapies for transgenders. That transgender…

This is old news from an article by Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg on thw WSJ.com from August of last year "Kobo's agreement with the American Booksellers Association, the independents' trade group, is effective in October. The deal replaces one between the ABA and Google Inc., GOOG +0.67% which has said it would end an effort to sell e-books through independent booksellers in January 2013, declaring the program had failed to gain traction." The article goes on to say; "Independent booksellers, for their part, will be able to offer their customers e-books outside of the dominant digital booksellers, Amazon.com Inc.'s (AMZN +1.60%) Kindle store; Barnes & Noble …

Hello! I'm seeking a list of African American Publishing directories (not publishers). Thank you in advance!

Good morning, My name is Tyrone Givens/Aha Mena. I have two self published sci fi novels and I wanted to submit both of them for review. I'm an African american writer out of cincinnati but, more than that, i'm an Afrocentric author. I believe that we must teach our children about our history and that we have a duty to prevent them from being convinced that we have no history before the triangle trade. To that end, I have started a series of educational books that are designed as an entertaining metaphor for the rich history of African people. I'm a fan of science fiction, so instead of writing a boring reference tool filled with information that kids would never commit t…

Hello! I'm Erica from Wunderkind PR, and I am requesting a review of an upcoming historical-fiction-fusion novel that is sure to inspire. Below is information about the book, including links, cover art, and a synopsis. Thank you very much in advance for your consideration! Title: House of Rougeaux Author: Jenny Jaeckel Publisher: Raincloud Press On-sale: April 2018 ISBN-13: 978-1-941203-24-8 For Abeje and her brother Adunbi, home is the slave quarters of a Caribbean sugar plantation on the Island of Martinique. Under the watchful eye of their mother they survive, despite what threatens to break them. But when one nig…

This post was motivated, in part, by another conversation on these forums, “Black Middle Aged Men Invisible? I call BS.” I’m using the world of books to support my argument that Black middle aged men have been so marginalized in our culture; that they have been rendered invisible. I'm hoping this 3 minute video will help drive home my point. Let me know what you think?

Black. Warriors. ,Buffalo. Soldiers,The. Only. All. Black. Division. To. Fight. In. Europe. In. WW2.. Author. Talks. About. The. Buffalo,Soldiers,And. World. War. 2. Author. Ivan. Johnson. ,Served,In,The Army From 1943_1945. He Graduated From ,California Berkeley. Ebony Magazine Says He Is Among The,Most, 100. Influential Black People In America..

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I've been involved in a coupe of projects which featured videos on Black books. The clicking the image below will take you to a video of the last project I was involved in. It was the best produced efforts I was personally involved in but it failed to gain any traction. Indeed one author -- not even a celebrity author -- ghosted us when it came time to film her -- a sista I've know years. Tayari Jones, which much better name recognition, whose book we covered here, was far more accommodating. Social sharing did no good. It was as if the social platforms rejected the content. @Pioneer1 this experience speaks to some of the things yo…

I'm featured in this article: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/anti-racist-reading-drove-business-to-black-bookstores-owners-hope-thats-not-the-end-of-the-story Basically white folks decided that they were gonna support Black owned independent bookstores (including AALBC) they infused many struggling stores with much needed capital. My biggest take-away from the whole affair is that Black people really need to consider doing this -- permanently.

How AI-Generated Books Could Hurt Self-Publishing Authors from jane friedman https://janefriedman.com/author/admin/ Just two days after the Maui wildfires began, on Aug. 10, a new book was self-published, Fire and Fury: The Story of the 2023 Maui Fire and its Implications for Climate Change by “Dr. Miles Stones” (no such person seems to exist). I learned about the book from this Forbes article, but by then, am*zon had removed the book from sale. am*zon had no comment for Forbes on the situation. Curious about how far the book might have spread, I did a Google search for the book’s ISBN number (9798856899343). To my surprise, I saw the book was …

Go on Wattpad and see for yourself. About 90% of the most popular romance books written by black women in the last years involve a non black partner and the stats are as high in every other genre, fantasy, science fiction drama quite anything. You can just go check out the most popular books right now. That’s ridiculously high, especially since the other races of women don't do this. Even Asian women have far more books with an Asian male as love interest, and they are supposed to be the self hating demographic. There is even more Asian men in black women fiction than black men as love interest. They also have a very racist depictions of black males chara…

Hello, New member here. I'm in the process of publishing my first novel. As with most things, marketing is very important when you're pushing something new. I'm doing the marketing myself based on a plan I received from a pro in the industry. One thing that's important to get early on is positive feedback on the book like endorsements from established authors. Does anyone know any black authors that are open to reading and endorsing books from new authors? Fantasy authors would be most useful for me since that's the genre I write.

Hi Everyone. I am news. Wanted to introduce myself. My name is Sheila Chadwick. I recently self-published my fifth book titled: The Urban Farmer Starter System: A Proven System for Growing Abundant Food in Any Space — From Balcony to Backyard. I have been a home gardener, growing food for over 10 years and considering the climate that we are in these days, I wanted to put something (affordable) together that could help home growers. My book is currently available on am*zon - https://www.am*zon.com/dp/B0FZ68JJ6Q

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“Character assassination on a massive scale”, “sick cartoons”, those are some of the terms used by blog critics to describe Tyler Perry’s portrayal black men in FOR COLORED GIRLS. The same kinds of comments were made when the orginal opened on the stage years ago. My advice as a black man to other black men is, “lighten up”. The FOR COLORED GIRLS stories are about relationships and are told from the perspective of women. Any set of stories about relationships told from the perspective of women, whether they be Hispanic women, oriental women, Jewish women, or whatever, are going to present men in a problematic light. It’s inherent in the endeavor. The thing to do is not …

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Side Piece – Free Limited Time Twenty-three year old Amber Watkins unexpectedly entered the outwardly glamorous and exciting world of being the side piece of professional basketball superstar Jamal Franklin. Amber travels the country to be available for Jamal to provide for him what he feels he’s not getting from his wife. The realities and perks of being the other woman surprised Amber and reached its pinnacle during a crazy week at the All-Star game in Las Vegas where wives, girlfriends and jumpoffs all mixed and mingled with the wives never knowing they were around. Amber’s secret life is exposed in a surprising fashion and she is even more shocked to find out ho…

PSYCHO HOLOCAUST IS A BOOK BY UMAR JOHNSON ABOUT THE EDUCATION OF BLACK CHILDREN , SPECIFICALLY BLACK MALES.WHEN THEY ARE YOUNG..TALKING TO PARENTS,SCHOOLS ABOUT YOUNG BLACK MALES, MODIFY THEIR BEHAVIOR,EDUCATION BEFORE THEY HAVE DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR.../BLACK GENOCIDE ALL AROUND,.. BY THE RACIST WHITE MEN, ,AND BY BLACK PEOPLE OURSELVES.///////AND THE ECHOS OF RAP MUSIC...//

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My name is Ralph Jennings Jr. and I recently published my first work, entitled 22. It was published in April 10th, 2016. It's available online here, https://www.createspace.com/6025042 I also have physical copies to provide to those interested. Short, but to the point, the work 22 is my point of views about the world today. Just think about it, I, like many others are stuck between millennials and generation Z. I'm also a black American, from the southern region of USA, that's not impressed by following a crowd, but still knows love has to be the answer. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1523700262 ...above is a link to its placement on Amazon, with a prev…

Hint, I'm in NYC in perhaps the one of the most expensive retail location in the city.

I am GK Logan. I am 21 and have written a novel. I am graduating college in a month. I used to play basketball until my second year of college. I am graduating as SGA President with a Journalism major and Business Minor. I wrote this novel after thinking I was done with school after I was no longer playing basketball. Thank God it worked out that I was able to stay in school. The novel stayed in my files for two years. I have gone through the editing process and have released it on amazon as an ebook. The novel is about: As David, a young black boy, leaves what has always been familiar. He finds what he thought to be true …

A. Woman. Raised. By. Her. Mother. In. Poverty. Vows. To. Have. -Enough. Money. So. She. Would. Never. Envy. Other. People. ...Book -By. Tabitha. Strange....

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See Common talk about his new book and question his relationship with Erykah Badu on The Book Look courtesy of OurLegaci.com : http://ourlegaci.com...r-your-partner/ http://ourlegaci.com/2011/10/would-you-dim-your-light-for-your-partner/

As crazy as this might sound: The president of the largest, 2nd oldest, most frequently visited website dedicated to books written by of for African American readers has not read a complete book in the better part of three months. It is not that I don't read. I read every single day. I spend more time reading and writing than I do watching TV or talking to other people. Of course part of the reason is that I'm busy. Virtually all of my time is spent doing something related to AALBC.com. If I'm not engaged in AALBC.com related work, I'm hanging our with family and friends or doing something to stay in shape. I'm never idle, you'll never be able to call me up…

James Patterson Giving Cash to Bookstores By JULIE BOSMANFEB. 19, 2014 The best-selling author James Patterson has started a program to give away $1 million of his personal fortune to dozens of bookstores, allowing them to invest in improvements, dole out bonuses to employees and expand literacy outreach programs. More than 50 stores across the country will begin receiving cash grants this week, from Percy’s Burrow in Topsham, Me., to Page & Palette in Fairhope, Ala., to A Whale of a Tale in Irvine, Calif. Read the full article at the New York Times James is pledging to help U.S. booksellers keep the life-changing reading habit alive and well in our loca…

Barnes & Noble is offering 50% off two upcoming titles from bestselling two bestselling authors A Christmas Prayer (Grand Central Publishing, October 28, 2014) by Kimberla Lawson Roby and INSTINCT Daily Readings: 100 Insights That Will Uncover, Sharpen and Activate Your Instinct (FaithWords, October 7, 2014) by Bishop T.D. Jakes

This article was written by a Brother I met at the Black Pack Party this week. Is Black Success Possible without White Infrastructure? by Dr. Obari Adéye Cartman I decided to go the “all Black everything” route last year when I published my book. In the text I encourage us to do for self, so it felt hypocritical to let Amazon make money while I advocate Kujichagulia. I had a vision of becoming a model for large-scale collectively sustained Black success. It was unsettling trying to think examples and only coming up with Marcus Garvey and Tulsa from decades ago and Tyler Perry today. Independent black bookstores are barely surviving, so I dreamed of doing my …

Title: Punk Azz Cancer, How Dare You! How to turn your pain into power after a cancer diagnosis. Author: Brianne Joseph, LPI (licensed private investigator) ISBN-13: 978-1537619545 1/29/17 In many communities, a "punk" is someone who sneaks up on you and attacks you when you least expect it. Cancer is definitely a punk. I was shocked and embarrassed with my breast cancer diagnosis. How could I be fabulous with breast cancer? Right? Where’s the power in being sick? For a while, I lived in a darkness so thick I could touch it. Breast cancer introduced me to a level of fear I never imagined I would ever experience. I became depressed and reclusive. I felt…

26 Bestselling Children’s Book Authors You'll Definitely Love ♥ There have been 115 bestselling children's book authors in the history of AALBC.com. So far 26 that have made that list 2 or more times. Most of these sales have taken place in the last couple of years as the volume of children's book sales have picked up signifcantly.

name: Deborah King the author´s name: Deborah L King the book´s title: Glory Bishop ISBN13: 978-1-948051-32-3 publication date: June 4th, 2019 synopsis: Glory Bishop lives her life in pieces. At work and with her friends, she reads novels, speaks her mind, and enjoys slow dances and stolen kisses with her boyfriend, JT. But at home, Glory follows strict rules and second-guesses every step. Though she dreams of going to college and living like a normal teenage girl, her abusive mother has other ideas. When JT leaves to join the navy, Glory is left alone and heartsick. The preacher’s son, Malcolm Porter, begins to shower her with lavish …

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