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Street Lit Takes a Hit: An African American Author Raps the Genre, But Librarians Defend It URL: http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6299839.html Description: This 2006 article discusses how "urban fiction, street lit, ghetto fiction, gangsta lit, whatever you call it, this gritty genre of African American writing is enormously popular, both in bookstores and libraries," but is not popular with Nick Chiles, an education reporter and author, who believe these novels glamorize black criminals. From LibraryJournal.com. LII Topics: Authors & Literature, Black Resources Author: Fialkoff, Francine Publisher: Reed Business Information LII Database Information: Record 24697 created by Maria Brandt on 10/15/2007 Last modification on 10/22/2007 Published: 10/25/2007 Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24697 |
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