African-American Literature Web Sites

African American Literature Book Club

As well as being a book club, this site has information about authors and poets, and book excerpts to read and poetry to hear. You can learn about popular and interesting new books and classic titles. Also available online is Mosaic Literary Magazine, a quarterly eMagazine devoted to all aspects of Black and Hispanic publications. Each issue features reviews of the latest books, interviews with some of today's top authors, and previews of adult and children's books.

Black Issues Book Review

As well as being a book club, this site has information about authors and poets, and book excerpts to read and poetry to hear. You can learn about popular and interesting new books and classic titles. Also available online is Mosaic Literary Magazine, a quarterly eMagazine devoted to all aspects of Black and Hispanic publications. Each issue features reviews of the latest books, interviews with some of today's top authors, and previews of adult and children's books.

Black Literature.com

Books by, for, and about Black people. This excellent site has excerpts of books, e-books, book reviews, great quotes, and an online newsletter. It also lists author events giving where the different writers are speaking.

Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color

An instructional website focusing on the lives and works of North American women writers of color. It has an extensive list of authors, many with biographical and critical information, as well as a listing of their works. The site includes African American, Asian American, Chicana/Latina, Arab American, and Native American authors. There are also guidelines for use of their resources in high school curricula.

Last Update: July 1, 2008