This is a great follow up to the Street Lit is the New Gangsta Rap post. Felicia Pride of TheBackList.com, a prolific literary figure herself, wrote an interesting blog post. Instead of continuing the “street lit is taking us all down” angle, Felicia not only asks “what are you going to do about it?” but … Continue reading Hate Street Lit? Me, too! What are we going to do about it?
You can tell that street lit is a thriving genre when library managers are breaking down what street lit is to each other. I came across this blog post by Libraryland Roundup that pretty much summed up the ins and outs of street lit without being too specific. I find it interesting that most critics … Continue reading Street Lit is the new Gangster Rap
JoeyPinkney.com Book Review “G.O.D.” by Saleem Little 5 of 5 Stars “G.O.D.” by Saleem Little stretched the boundaries of Urban Fiction. Through the microcosm of inner-city New York, Little shined the spotlight on the ulterior motives of the “War on Drugs”. 1986: Buffalo, NY: beginning of the crack era…