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The other side of Vickie Stringer, CEO of Triple Crown Publications

Posted on June 10th, 2008 in african american author, african american authors, african american book, african american books, interview, let that be the reason, street lit, triple crown publications, urban fiction, urban lit, urban/street lit, vickie stringer

Jonathan Cunningham wrote an interesting article about the (disputed) queen of Urban Lit, Vickie Stringer a couple of years ago. (via jewel’s vox blog)
I enjoyed this article because it got past the glitz and glamour of the drugs to jail to top of the urban lit industry, international publisher, rags to riches story that everyone [...]

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Happy Mother’s Day To The Mothers of Urban Fiction

Posted on May 11th, 2008 in african american author, african american authors, african american book, african american books, hip hop, jada pinkett-smith, let that be the reason, sister souljah, street lit, teri woods, the coldest winter ever, triple crown publications, true to the game, urban fiction, urban lit, vickie stringer

One thing that rings true with Urban Lit, Street Lit or Urban Fiction (whatever you like to call it) is the fact that there is a strong female aspect to the movement. African American females are well represented in Urban Fiction’s readership and authorship. I would even go so far as to say that most [...]

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