What happens when a white girl flirts with the color lines and crosses the border into gang territory, where the bullets are in part real and the rules can’t be broken? J-Love tells this incredible story inspired by her own remarkable life. Amber, a fearless white girl, has a passion for rap … [Read more...]
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That White Girl by J-Love
Filed Under: Atria Books, Authors, Books, Fiction, Gangs, Graffiti, Hip-hop in fiction, J-Love, Last Name (H - J), Music in fiction, Publishers, Robbery, Story Themes Tagged With: Atria, Gangs, Graffiti, J-Love, Music, Robbery, That White Girl
Get Down or Lay Down by Derrick Johnson
In every city of every state you will find an urban ghetto full of drugs and guns, both of which breed hate and pain; in the eyes of many this is a cocktail of death and destruction, but for those who reside there it's home/ Prior to the Government's crackdown on all of the alleged gang leaders, … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Authors, Books, Drug Dealing, Fiction, Graffiti, Johnson Derrick, Last Name (H - J), Minneapolis, Police, Publishers, Settings, Story Themes, Street Life Publishing Tagged With: A Real Goon's Bible, Derrick Johnson, Drug Dealing, Gangs, Get Down or Lay Down, Minneapolis, Police, Street Life Publishing
BURN by Black Artemis

Street hustler turned Bronx bond agent Jasmine Reyes is all about second chances, and she’s given one to imprisoned Macho Booker. A talented graffiti artist, Macho reminds Jasmine of her twin brother, Jason, known and respected as “REY2” until his unexpected suicide on Rikers Island. But … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Authors, Black Artemis, Bronx, Fiction, Graffiti, Last Name (A-B), New York, Prison, Reading Group Guide, Suicide Tagged With: Black Artemis, Graffiti, Prison, Street Fiction, Street Lit, Urban Fiction




