Breaking down street lit
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Breaking down street lit
- 1. Marvin DeBose Sr. M.L.S. Adult/Teen Librarian Overbrook Park Library Free Library of Philadelphia Rutgers University MLIS Colloquium New School ReaderAdvisory November, 30 2012
- 2. Urban Lit Ghetto Lit “ Street Literature” Hip-Hop Lit Urban Fiction Ghetto Fiction
- 3. What is Street Lit? Characteristics of Street Lit: Urban setting
- 4. Meets the needs/ interest of an ignored group of readers Relationships Fast pace racy contents Reader can relate to the stories The Book Cover’s visual component is very seductive.
- 5. Bad writing style Degrading Glorifying Negative behavior
- 6. Provides education Diversity Creating new reader Cautionary Tales
- 7. INGAGED WITH YOUR PATRONS! Ask them what they are reading & why they enjoy what they are reading. Join a Book club (Librarian Book Club) Start a book club with your patron
- 8. Native Son (1940) Richard Wright The Street(1946) – Ann Petry Down These Mean Streets(1967) Piri Thomas Pimp (1969) – Iceberg Slim Dopefeind (1971) - Donald Goines Daddy Cool(1974)- Donald Goines
- 9. True to the Game – Terri Woods Coldest Winter Ever – Sister Souljah Fly Girl – Omar Tyree Push (Precious) – Sapphire B More Careful – Shannon Holmes Let that Be the Reason – Vickie Stringer A Hustler’s Wife – Terri Wood
- 11. The Readers Advisory Guide to Street Literature by Vanessa Irvin Morris Assist Professor Drexel University Urban Grit: A guide to Street Lit by Megan Honig Yong Adult Materials Specialist New York Public Library
- 12. Publisher Triple Crown Publication Kensington Publishing Gorilla Convict Publication Grand Central Publishing Wahida Clark Publishing Simon and Schuster Cash Money Content
- 13. Web Respectable street Lit. Book reviewer! Library Journal’s “Word on the Street lit” column http:/libraryjournal.com Street Literature: Vanessa I. Morris http://streetliterature.blogspot.com Phat Fiction: Susan McClelland http://phatfiction.blogspot.com Miss Domino K.C. Boyd: http://missdomino.blogspot.com Street Fiction http://www.streetfiction.org
- 14. Your collection should always reflect the literature need & want of the community it serves.