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Street Lit - Representing the Urban Landscape (Hardcover, New)
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Street Lit - Representing the Urban Landscape (Hardcover, New)
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Over the last few decades, the genre of urban fiction or street lit
has become increasingly popular as more novels secure a place on
bestseller lists that were once the domain of mainstream authors.
In the 1970s, pioneers such as Donald Goines, Iceberg Slim, and
Claude Brown paved the way for today s street fiction novelists,
poets, and short story writers, including Sister Souljah, Kenji
Jasper, and Colson Whitehead. In Street Lit: Representing the Urban
Landscape, Keenan Norris has assembled a varied collection of
articles, essays, interviews, and poems that capture the spirit of
urban fiction and nonfiction produced from the 1950s through the
present day. Providing both critical analyses and personal
insights, these works explore the street lit phenomenon to help
readers understand how and why this once underground genre has
become such a vital force in contemporary literature. Interviews
with literary icons David Bradley, Gerald Early, and Lynel Gardner
are balanced with critical discussions of works by Goines, Jasper,
Whitehead, and others. With an introduction by Norris that explores
the roots of street lit, this collection defines the genre for
today s readers and provides valuable insights into a cultural
force that is fast becoming as important to the American literary
scene as hip-hop is to music. Featuring a foreword by bestselling
novelist Omar Tyree (Flyy Girl) and comprised of works by scholars,
established authors, and new voices, Street Lit will inspire any
reader who wants to understand the significance of this sometimes
controversial but unquestionably popular art form."
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