Street Fiction: Urban Fiction Author Interviews, Book Reviews and Writing Resources
Hip Hop, Street Lit, and Urban Fiction Book Reviews and Author Interviews
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Caleb Alexander has woven his most explosive and provocative tale to date. Belly of the Beast takes the readers on a violent, gut wrenching, deeply emotional journey through the American prison system. A place where friends become enemies, and enemies band together for survival in a system that is … [Read more...]
Thirty years ago Piri Thomas made literary history with this lacerating, lyrical memoir of his coming of age in the streets of Spanish Harlem. Here was the testament of a born outsider: a Puerto Rican in English-speaking America; a dark-skinned morenito in a family that refused to acknowledge its … [Read more...]
While hairstylist Melody Pullman has no problem keeping clients in her chair, she can’t keep her bills paid once her crack-addicted husband, Big Steve, steps through the revolving door leading in and out of prison. She soon finds what seems to be a sexual and financial solution when she becomes … [Read more...]
Khalil Grisby, the son of a legendary gangster, keeps his mouth closed and takes a murder charge for his best friend, aspiring entrepreneur Naishawn Oliver. After Khalil is incarcerated, his mother acts quickly on her hate, banishing his fiance, Classy De Luca, from the family in his absence. Having … [Read more...]
Tamara Jenkins, a federal prison guard, finds herself desperately racing against time and a corrupt prison administration as she tries to free her baby's daddy, I.C.Miller, a death row inmate who is about to be executed by lethal injection for a hideous crime he didn't commit. She is torn between … [Read more...]
The saga continues After being shot down and losing his entire team there is only one thing on Ski's mind, Revenge! Tiesha is fresh home from prison after doing a bid for Ski and is down for whatever. With her new-found love Ranisha, one of Brooklyn s finest and most grimiest, Ski believes they … [Read more...]
In a county jail in the late-sixties, a drug-addict meets a dominating guy who persuades the addict in taking a case with the promise that his girlfriend will send him money and he'll be the first resident worker in a drug rehab that he, his girlfriend, and a friend of theirs partially own and … [Read more...]
From the author of the popular urban fiction books, Keisha and Stacy. Murder chose Trina at age fifteen when her mother s boyfriend attempted to rape her. After serving time in prison, Trina is adopted by a retired FBI agent who trains her to become one of the deadliest paid hit girl the agency has … [Read more...]
In the first book of a drama-drenched new series, four unforgettable women will do anything to escape the hood. From their front stoops at Bentley Manor, longtime residents Miz Osceola and Miz Cleo have seen just about everything and know all too well that there's no happily-ever-after in the … [Read more...]
