Street Fiction

Authors have their own ideas of what makes a good story, but a common goal is to write what they know. Shannon Holmes has known some hard times and it shows in his novels, which are part of a quickly growing genre known as street lit.
These gritty stories feature characters that, on the surface, are [...]

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Appropriately for Women’s History Month, the following titles in this second installment of our new column—click here to read the first by Rollie Welch—focus on women’s stories, depicting the realities of inner-city life as experienced by African American women. What are the consequences of making split-second decisions driven by emotion, survival instincts, and desperation? What [...]

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The Free Library of Philadelphia will be hosting a free panel discussion on Street Lit on Tuesday evening, December 4, 2007, 7:00 p.m. in the Montgomery Auditorium of the Central Library. For Info: 215-567-4341.
The panel will consist of:

Teri Woods — bestselling author of True to the Game I and II, Dutch I, II, and [...]

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