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Anybody interested in a reading exchange?

We're all swamped, I know that. I'm hoping to be ready for a next full read very soon. These are tough to set up. They involve a ton of tim…

Started by sara selznick

3 Mar 10
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Black is Black?

       Hello Ladies (and of course any gentlemen), I would like to pose a question that stops me from starting a writing project that I a…

Started by Dianne Baines

27 Feb 27
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Celebrate Black Books Giveaway Hop

Hi all, I have a giveaway going on over at my blog trying to draw attention to books with black main characters or with black characters o…

Started by Sybil Nelson

2 Feb 26
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Question: Can't black folks be happy?

I just turned in a book review that's coming out next month, and although it was an excellent book, the ending left me cold. OK, so maybe I…

Started by Zetta Brown

61 Jan 29
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Is It the End of the Black American Narrative?

I was recently referred to this 2008 essay by Pulitzer Prize author Charles Johnson.   The End of the Black American Narrative A new centur…

Started by Dera R Williams

23 Dec 29, 2011
Reply by Dera R Williams

INTRODUCING AFRICAN BLOGGERS COMMUNITY (ABC)

Hello Ladies, I'm excited to introduce a new community AFRICAN BLOGGERS COMMUNITYto you all. This community is created by a mom like us (fo…

Started by Nekky

0 Dec 12, 2011

How does your writing relate to your culture?

How are you expanding the conversation of culture, and even some of its challenges, in your writing? I suppose what I'm interested in is un…

Started by Totsymae

61 Oct 28, 2011
Reply by P.Allen Jones

BREAKING FAUX NEWS! HERMAN CAIN APOLOGIZES TO GOV. RICK PERRY!

While I was dusting off the final touches to my speech entitled, “Protect American Pizzerias From Sharia Law — Now and Forever,” to be deli…

Started by Sabrina Lamb

1 Sep 27, 2011
Reply by Dera R Williams

The Elders...sitting on their lofty laurels

*originally posted at Black Bloggers Connect by Ms. Queenly*   the few. the proud. the published: So You're a Published Black Fantasy/Sci-F…

Started by Miss Queenly

9 Aug 20, 2011
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From Your Point of View: Do You Think Racism in Publishing is Going Away or Getting Worse?

What's your thoughts? http://www.stacy-deanne.net

Started by Stacy-Deanne

14 Aug 9, 2011
Reply by Valerie Buller

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