Street lit : representing the urban landscape / edited by Keenan Norris ; foreword by Omar Tyree.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-203) and index.

Street lit[erature] in America past and present / Keenan Norris -- Street literature in America past and present: "What is African-American literature?" / Gerald Early ; Gang wars : the academy vs. the streets / Kemeshia Randle -- Early street lit, 1950s-1970s: Whose mean streets? : Donald Goines, Iceberg Slim, and the black noir aesthetic / Bonnie Rhee Andryeyev ; (Re)writing the "bad nigger" hero in Robert Beck's Pimp / Dennis L. Winston ; A conversation with David Bradley : on Philadelphia negroes, pseudosociology, South Street, and the life narrative of Malcolm X / Keenan Norris -- Contemporary street lit, 1990s and 2000s: Saratoga Avenue / Arisa White ; The history, power and graffiti art of Brazilian hip-hop / Ana Lúcia Silva Souza and Jaqueline Lima Santos ; gun(n) / Arisa White ; Comparing the available female roles and the social contexts of Sula and The coldest winter ever / Keenan Norris ; In their own words : street lit, code-meshing, and linguistic diversity / Nikia Chaney ; Crucial churches / Tristan Acker ; The art of storytellin' : hip-hop music and its cousin, street lit / Khalid Akil White ; Street literature : a contextualization, historiography and personal narrative / Celena Diana Bumpus ; Street literature and hip-hop's ties to slave narratives and the sex slave trade / Alexandria White ; like a woman / Debra Busman ; Hard men of the street: black masculinity and the city in Kenji Jasper's Dark and Seeking Salamanca Mitchell / Cherie Ann Turpin ; An analysis of Omar Tyree's Last street novel / Keenan Norris ; On street lit: Ethan Iverson interviews Gerald Early / Ethan Iverson ; Enigmas / Sterling Warner ; Colson Whitehead's Zone one : postapocalyptic zombies take over Manhattan in the age of nostalgia, despair, and consumption / Kimberly Fain ; A point west of Mount San Bernardino / Juan Delgado ; Stories we might as well tell : a conversation with Lynel Gardner / Keenan Norris.

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"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."--Publisher's description.

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