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Share the Gift of Stories This Holiday Season
By Troy Johnson President, AALBC.com, LLC Gift a new book for your loved one that is as unique as they are. See our selected picks below or click on our broader list to find books that […]
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AALBC Bestsellers and New Books
By Troy Johnson AALBC Founder Full of biting humor and careful honesty, Give My Love to the Savages is a collection of nine stories that illuminate the multifaceted Black experience, exploring the thorny intersections of race, identity, […]
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AALBC Book Reviews and Video Visits To Three Fine Black Owned Bookstores
By Troy Johnson The AALBC bestseller, Bourbon Street, by Leonce Gaiter, is back in print!The thrilling New Orleans noir is back. In 1958, Alex Moreau plays his rich, powerful white father’s minions like chess pieces as […]
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AALBC Bestselling Books October 2020
By Troy Johnson Fiction: Walter Mosley’s “touching and contemplative” short story collection, The Awkward Black Man, makes Walter a 23-Time AALBC bestselling author with 10 AALBC bestselling books!Nonfiction: The top selling book, across all genres, this period is His […]
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National Book Award Finalist Deesha Philyaw
By AALBC Deesha is the author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies which features stories about four generations of characters grappling with who they want to be in the world, caught as they are between the […]
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New Book Recommendations and Reviews from the African American Literature Book Club
By Troy Johnson Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker RhodesInvisibility is all Donte wishes for after moving from New York to Massachusetts. The move places him in a war against people blinded by racism […]
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Black Books in the Age of Coronavirus: A Community Conversation
By Black Classic Press On March 22 an unprecedented event occurred. Over 200 people participated in a video call to discuss the health of the Black Book Ecosystem in the Age of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). […]
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African American Literature Book Club, the oldest, largest, and most frequently visited website dedicated to books by, or about, people of African descent.
AALBC Now offers a one-stop-shop for fans of Black literature. For many, AALBC is a book lovers haven and a collector’s paradise. Johnson says one woman was recently willing to pay $100 for a book by bestselling […]
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New Documentary Film on Nobel Prize Winning Author Toni Morrison
By Troy Johnson Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am offers an artful and intimate meditation on the life and works of the legendary storyteller and Nobel prize-winner. From her childhood in the steel town of […]
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Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
By Troy Johnson-troy@aalbc.com Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am offers an artful and intimate meditation on the life and works of the legendary storyteller and Nobel prize-winner. From her childhood in the steel town of Lorain, […]
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African American Literature Book Club Recommended Reading List
Recommended Reading By Troy Johnson N. K. Jemisin the Only Writer to Win the Best Novel Hugo Award in three Consecutive Years The Hugo Awards are generally considered the highest honors bestowed in science […]