STICK N MOVE 3 by Shawn Black
Posted by Daniel on July 21, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Serosa becomes the subject to information that could financially ruin and possibly destroy the lives and careers of many prominent people involved in the government if this data is exposed. As this intricate plot thickens, speculations start mounting and a whirlwind of death, deceit, and betrayal finds its way into the ranks of a once [...]
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STICK N MOVE 2 by Shawn Black
Posted by Daniel on July 20, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Scorcher and Yasmina’s low key lifestyle was interrupted when they were taken down by the Feds, but their daughter, Serosa, was left to be raised by the foster care system. Will Serosa become a product of her environment or will she rise above it all? Her bloodline is undeniable, but will she be able to [...]
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STICK N MOVE by Shawn Black
Posted by Daniel on July 18, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Stick and Move is the story of young Yasmina who loss her parents to a gang of Jamaican druglords at a young age during a random act of violence for initiation into the gang. Yasmina is forced to go live with her grandmother in Miami after the death of her parents. However, her life will [...]
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TYRELL by Coe Booth
Posted by Daniel on May 2, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Tyrell can’t get a break. His dad’s in jail, his mom’s no help, his brother’s just a kid, and his girlfriend, Novisha, wants more than he can give. He’s living in a shelter, but he doesn’t want to be there long. So he comes up with a plan. It could save him. Or it could [...]
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FIRST COMES LOVE by Shana Johnson Burton
Posted by Daniel on April 25, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Two broken-hearted best friends plus one wild night in Las Vegas equals disaster for 29-year old real estate agent London Harris and restaurateur Bernard Phillips. After both getting dumped by their mates, London and Bernard jet off to Vegas to forget their problems, only to wind up with new ones when they wake up in [...]
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Iceberg Slim’s Pimp was Hobbesian
Posted by Daniel on March 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment
According to Lee Server, in The Encyclopedia of Pulp Fiction, “Pimp was powerful in effect, bluntly Hobbesian in philosophy, sizzling with matter-of-fact, unapologetic violence and sexism, contained a vivid self-portrait of Slim himself, the ego-driven, unsentimental, hedonistic, whip smart inner-city overachiever.” “Slim’s great success would make him ruch, a ghetto folk hero, and influence on [...]
Ice T on Iceberg Slim
Posted by Daniel on March 13, 2010 · Leave a Comment
In his introduction to Doom Fox, Iceberg Slim’s (Robert Beck) last book, Ice T wrote: “He spoke my language. The language of the ghetto. He wasn’t writing from the perspective of some brother who got outta the hood, but from the perspective of an insider.” StreetTalk presents quotes from current research on urban fiction to [...]
Autobiographical Form of the “Bad Man”
Posted by Daniel on March 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment
“One reason why the form [urban fiction] has never been seen before is due to the fact that Robert Beck is the first urban slum-born-and-bred writer in the history of letters. Beck was born where Bigger Thomas was invented, had a father whose pedagogical methodology consisted of smashing his kid’s head against the wall and [...]
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CAUGHT ‘EM SLIPPIN’ by Al-Saadiq Banks
Posted by Daniel on February 19, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Miranda Benderas, born to an infamous Cuban kingpin, and his trophy wife, an African American supermodel. Miranda grew up with all the luxuries that other girls could only dream of. Her daddy proved that crime does pay. But isn’t there always a cost to having it all? By age 13, Miranda’s father was sentenced to [...]
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SHATTERED SOULS by Dywane D. Birch
Posted by Daniel on February 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment
At first glance, Britton Landers, Indera Fleet, Damascus Miles, and Chyna Littles appear to be living their dreams. However, only Britton, a psychologist, knows the secrets lurking beneath each shiny façade. After he abandons his past for a seemingly carefree life in the Dominican Republic, he realizes that some memories will haunt you forever. Indera [...]
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