Street Literature: Parking Lot

Resources for Street Lit

BOOKS (reference, professional development, texts):

Bernard-Carreno, Regina A. (2013). The Black Outcast in the Classroom: Street Lit and Black Academics. IN Say It Loud: Black Studies, Its Students, and Racialized Collegiate Culture. Black Studies and Critical Thinking. NY: Peter Lang.

Gifford, Justin. (2013). Pimping Fictions: African American Crime Literature and the Untold Story of Black Pulp Publishing.
Philadelphia: Temple University Press.

Honig, Megan. (2010). Urban Grit: A Guide to Street Lit. Genreflecting Advisory Series. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited.

Irvin Morris, Vanessa. (2012). The Readers Advisory Guide to Street Literature. Chicago: ALA Editions.

Norris, Keenan. (2013). Street lit : representing the urban landscape. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press.

Ratner, Andrew. (2009). Street Lit: Teaching and Reading Fiction in Urban Schools. Practical Guides Series. NY: McGraw-Hill.

Sweeney, Megan. (2010). Reading Is My Window: Books and the Art of Reading in Women's Prisons. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.

ONLINE RESOURCES (new titles, ebooks, reader reviews):
Extended Video Trailer: Behind Those Books Documentary (Time: 13:22)

Parle Magazine: Book Reviews

Readitallbookreviews | Urban Fiction

Saddleback Educational Publishing: Intervention for Struggling Readers | Features an Urban Fiction Series for low level Teen readers

Urbania: Urban Literature & Art Magazine

Urban Book Source

Urban E-Reads: Urban Literature At Its Realest!

Urban Reviews Online: Latest Book Reviews

http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/forum/west-philadelphia-university-city/25132-what-your-thoughts-explosion-street-lit.html

BLOGS:

Bad Girl of Urban Lit: What Makes You Different?

Black and Nobel: Black-owned & operated bookstore that specializes in urban literature

DJ Gatsby Book Club: The Hottest Book Club in the Hood

Exploring Prison Librarianship: Urban Fiction Resources

Miss Domino: Lover of Street Literature for tweens/teens and adults, advocate for children and Warrior Library Media Specialist

My Urban Books

PhatFiction: A Readers' Advisory Blog for Urban Fiction

Pulp Fiction Trash!!

Street Art Utopia: We Declare the World as Our Canvas

DATABASES/GROUPS:
The Word on the Street - Broadsides at the National Library of Scotland

Streetprints: Revolution and Romanticism

Street Fiction: Urban Fiction News and Book Reviews

Tagged: Urban Fiction Readers (group)

BOOKLISTS / BLOGS / WIKIS (educator resources):

Presi Presentation: Street Literature for YA (April 2013):
http://722streetlit.weebly.com/

Webinar: Supporting Teen Street Lit Readers by Megan Honig (November 2011):
http://librarylinknj.org/content/supporting-teen-street-lit-readers

Street Lit Author List for PUBLIC Libraries:
http://www.jahreinaresearch.info/urbanfiction/UrbanFictionReadingList.htm

Street Lit Author List for SCHOOL Libraries:
http://www.jahreinaresearch.info/urbanfiction/SchoolUrbanFictionReadingList.htm

Phat Fiction Wiki (ongoing) at: http://phatfiction.wikispaces.com/
-- A Librarian wiki from the ALA 2010 Panel on Street Fiction

Street Lit Collection Development Resources (ongoing) at: http://bit.ly/aSWjpC -- A Librarian wiki that lists articles, websites and author information