These books deal with love, basketball, black funerals, and everything in between. (Questlove has a new memoir coming!) Check out this list of great upcoming reads.
This married writing duo started on the streets of Flint. Now their books are topping the New York Times best seller list.
Instead of buying your dad another tie and your little sister another sweater,why not give the gift of a great book?
by Evette Brown These former incarcerated authors turned their sentences into real-life experiences for millions of readers. Dominating the Essence and New York Times bestsellers lists, respectively, street literature, officially recognized as urban fiction, has evolved into a permanent part of American literature. Telling the often tragic stories of African-American men trapped in the gritty […]
In the aftermath of September 11th Kola Boof raised more than eyebrows with the assertion that she and Osama Bin Laden were once lovers. Like the opinions the Sudanese native shares as an outspoken writer and poet, the affair remains controversial and questionable in many circles. In the following essay Boof revisits her days with […]
No more, "I have nothing to read."
Black books are selling well after all
(Black Web 2.0) — When most people think about science fiction and fantasy writers, black authors rarely come to mind. However, there are several black people who have become successful science fiction authors. Many of them are using social media to raise their personal visibility and gain wider exposure for their books. Read More…
by Charing Ball As a teenager I dabbled a little – okay a lot – in what is now referred to as Street Lit. Back then, I really didn’t view books about urban life as separate from traditional forms of African-American literature. For me, they were black books by black authors and that was good […]
These writers have enjoyed "bestseller" status and widespread popularity in the past five years.
The stories they'll want you to read over and over...and over.