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STREET LITERATURE IN THE 21 ST CENTURY Vanessa Irvin Morris, M.S.L.S., Ed.D. Maryland Library Conference 2012 Ocean City, Maryland, USA May 10, 2012

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Presentation about background and elements of contemporary Street Literature, at the Maryland Library Association, Ocean City, MD, May 2012.

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  • 1. STREET LITERATURE IN THE 21STCENTURYVanessa Irvin Morris, M.S.L.S.,Ed.D.Maryland Library Conference2012Ocean City, Maryland, USAMay 10, 2012

2. WHAT ARE YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUTSTREET LIT? 3. WHAT IS STREET LITERATURE REALLY? TRADITIONAL STREET LITERATURE 4. WHAT IS STREET LITERATURE -REALLY? LOCATING CONTEMPORARY STREET LITERATURE 5. WHAT IS STREET LITERATURE -REALLY? LOCATING CONTEMPORARY STREET LITERATURE 6. URBAN FICTION VS. STREET LIT 7. CHARACTERISTICS OF STREETLIT Set in and depicting daily living of low-income city residents Fast paced stories, often with flashback sequences Vivid depictions of the inner city environmentpovertysubstandard housinglack of access to civic resources The street as an interactive stage 8. CHARACTERISTICS OF STREETLIT Female and male identity formation (via intenserelationships, often romantic in nature) Protagonists are often young adults (common age range 19 25) Navigation of interpersonal relationships surviving abuse betrayal in friendships fantastical revenge plots Commodification of lifestyles Surviving street life overcoming street lifestyle thechallenge of moving up and away from the streets 9. CHARACTERISTICS OF STREETLIT characteristics are not exclusive. Can blend across genres, such Theseas:RomanceMystery Speculative FictionScienceFictionBlack (2003) The Bridge A Wish After MidnightMind ofMy Mind (2003)(2010) (1994) 10. ELEMENTS OF STREET LITLanguageFormatBook CoversTitles 11. CATEGORIES OF STREET LITMens StoriesWomens StoriesLGBTQ Street LitPossible sub-genre of Street Lit: Thug Love Fiction 12. WHO READS CONTEMPORARYSTREET LITERATURE? 13. WHO WRITES CONTEMPORARYSTREET LITERATURE? http://behindthosebooksmovie.com/trailer.html 14. YOU. LIBRARIAN. READ. Recommended Librarian Street Literature Reads TRADITIONAL CLASSICS: The Misfortunes of Moll Flanders, Daniel Defoe,1722 Roxanne, Daniel Defoe, 1726 Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, Stephen Crane, 1893 Native Son, Richard Wright, 1940 The Street, Ann Petry, 1946 The Fortunate Pilgrim, Mario Puzo, 1962 Manchild of the Promised Land, Claude Brown,1965 15. YOU. LIBRARIAN. READ. Recommended Librarian Street Literature Reads CONTEMPORARY CLASSICS: Pimp, Iceberg Slim, 1969 (Adult) Dopefiend, Donald Goines, 1974 (Adult) Down These Mean Streets, Piri Thomas, 1997 (A/YA) The Coldest Winter Ever, Sister Souljah, 1999 (A/YA) True to the Game, Teri Woods, 1999 (A/YA) Flyy Girl, Omar Tyree, 1999 (A/YA) B-More Careful, Shannon Holmes, 2002 (Adult) Let That Be The Reason, Vickie Stringer, 2002 (Adult) 16. YOU. LIBRARIAN. READ. MUST-READ AUTHORS: Donald Goines (Adult) Iceberg Slim (Adult) Sister Souljah (A/YA) Teri Woods (A/YA) Kwan Foye (A/YA) Treasure E. Blue (A/YA) Ashley & JaQuavis Coleman (A/YA) Wahida Clark (Adult) 17. YOU. LIBRARIAN. READ. MUST-READ AUTHORS for TEEN READERS: Ni Ni Simone Kia Dupree L. Divine Earl Sewell Wahida Clark Presents Young Adult Walter Dean Myers Sharon Flake 18. RESOURCES REFERENCE TEXTS Honig, Megan. (2010). Urban Grit: A Guide to Street Lit.Genreflecting Advisory Series. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited. Irvin Morris, Vanessa. (2011). The Readers Advisory Guide to StreetLiterature. Chicago: ALA Editions. Ratner, Andrew. (2009). Street Lit: Teaching and Reading Fiction inUrban Schools. Practical Guides Series. NY: McGraw-Hill. Sweeney, Megan. (2010). Reading Is My Window: Books and the Artof Reading in Womens Prisons. Chapel Hill: University of NorthCarolina Press. 19. RESOURCES ONLINE REVIEW SOURCES StreetLiterature.com: Bringing You the Word on Street Lit &Urbanity. http://www.streetliterature.com Street Literature Book Award Medal List (SLBAM), 1999 present http://www.streetliterature.com/p/slbam.html StreetFiction.org: Author Interviews, News & Reviews of UrbanBooks http://www.streetfiction.org Urban Reviews Online. http://www.urbanreviewsonline.com/search/label/Latest%20Reviews Saddleback Educational Publishing: Urban Fiction Series forTeens http://www.sdlback.com/estore/search/ For more online review resources, see:http://www.streetliterature.com/p/parking-lot.html 20. RESOURCES SOCIAL MEDIA GROUPS Facebook Groups Urban Hip-Hop & Street Literature Books Urban Street Lit Book Readerz Urban Reviews Facebook Group Kwans Readers My Urban Books Club Street Fiction Ebooks Readers Advisory Guide to Street Literature


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