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Discover a book club in our database of african american book clubs in the. Forthcoming books for 2017 by authors of african descent. Dedicated to books by or about people of african descent. Oprah winfrey gave it the ultimate imprimatur when she selected it for her book club. African american authors book club has 4,020 members. United states about blog the nbn is an authorinterview podcast consortium dedicated to. The flint series and the cartel series are the best in this list and all of them are not posted, but easy to find. Soul sisters book club birmingham, al, 35173 readerss. This bibliography includes the work of african american, afrocaribbean, and african writers of adult fiction and drama available from the wisconsin talking book and braille library in recorded format.
Benefits of joining the african american book club. Before you suffocate your own fool self by danielle evans the polished, wellcrafted stories in this collection feature african american and mixedrace women who are grappling. Soon after publication, native son was selected by the book of the month club as its first book by an african american author. Best african american authors podcasts we could find updated april 2020 best african american authors podcasts we could find.
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