BAD GIRLZ 4 LIFE by Shannon Holmes
Coming of age in the badlands of north Philadelphia – one of the toughest and poorest communities in the country – Tonya Morris has had to make some desperate and, at times, ruthless moves in her bid to survive. When Tonya stepped into the unforgiving business of stripping, she found herself caught up in a [...]
Voices with a back story – Upcoming York Public Library Events
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, [...]
NEVER GO HOME AGAIN by Shannon Holmes
Inspired by events in his own life, the Essence bestselling author of B-More Careful and Bad Girlz presents a vivid, unflinching novel about a young man’s coming of age in the city streets. Never Go Home Again is the story of Corey Dixon, a young man whose father tries as best as he can to [...]
GAME by Tracy Brown, Shannon Holmes, K’wan, and others
Enclosed is a walk through the city projects, ghettos, and streets. It’s a mind journey that puts life’s realities into words. This anthology is the first of its kind to take such an array of authors, and their true to life gritty tales, and allow their words to explode in one setting. Find new street [...]
See Teri Woods, Shannon Holmes, Felicia Pearson, and Solomon Jones in Philadelphia
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, [...]
BAD GIRLZ by Shannon Holmes
The bestselling author of B-More Careful, Shannon Holmes, delivers Bad Girlz, another wild adventure into the streets. The setting this time is the Badlands, one of the toughest and poorest communities in Philadelphia. Bad Girlz takes you into the mysterious and often dangerous lives of young women who turn to the streets and strip clubs [...]
DIRTY GAME by Shannon Holmes
Kenny “Ken-Ken” Greene left his days as a hustler behind him when his wife was killed during a scam gone bad, leaving him with a baby daughter. Now he’s a cab driver, doing what he can to put food on the table and give his daughter, Destiny, everything she needs. In spite of his past [...]
B-MORE CAREFUL by Shannon Holmes
Growing up on the cold, mean, inner city streets of Baltimore is Netta, leader of an all-girl clique called the Pussy Pound. With no father and a dope fiend for a mother, Netta learns at an early age how to use her beauty and her body to get the things she wants, money, cars, and [...]
