Book Launch! Day#5 - Street-Lit Readers Advisory: Expanding on the Patrons' Expertise

CHAPTER FIVE: "[T]he best resources for street lit authors, titles, and trends are patrons. ... Getting good information from patrons requires that librarians trust the patron's insights and information." - Readers Advisory Guide to Street Literature 

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Book Launch! Day#4 - The Diversity Within Street Lit: Themes and Subgenres

CHAPTER FOUR: ‎"The genre doesn't depict women as just hapless victims of their circumstances. ... Female characters are often independent, confident, and resilient. ... Male characters tend to be proactive in their quest for respect and credibility in their communities." - Readers Advisory Guide to Street Literature. 

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Book Launch! Day#3 - The Streets Are Callin': The Street as a Literary Motif

CHAPTER THREE: ‎"As a motif, the streets symbolize possibility and the enactment of choice; it is an ominous, mysterious four-sided intersection with no directional signs. ... Inner-city residents recognize instinctively that the streets hold a wisdom, if you will, a memory of transactions and interactions that metaphysically informs those who live there." - From chapter 3, Readers Advisory Guide to Street Literature.

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Book Launch! Day#2 - From Moll Flanders to The Coldest Winter Ever: A Historical Timeline of Street Lit

CHAPTER TWO: ‎"The historicity of street literature isn't chronicling cultural norms or stereotypes about certain ethnic groups inasmuch as chronicling the challenging socioeconomic realities of diverse peoples, whoever they may be, who are living in low-income city communities at various periods in time." - Chapter 2, Readers Advisory Guide to Street Literature. 

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Book Launch! Day#1 - "It's Like A Movie in My Head": Street Lit and Its Appeal to Readers

CHAPTER ONE: ‎"Today's renaissance of the street-literature genre appeals to readers for a variety of reasons." - Readers Advisory Guide to Street Literature.

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Book Launch! Foreword by NYT Bestselling Author, Teri Woods

FOREWORD: "This new-wave genre of street lit will always remind the human race of a people who were supposed to be forgotten, swept under a rug, put in a box - better yet a cell - never to have a voice, never to cry out, and never able to speak out again the injustice we live in, see, experience in our everyday lives just because of our demographics. ... I'm here to say this: give them (the readers) the book that lets them read." - Teri Woods, Readers Advisory Guide to Street Literature.

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The Readers Advisory Guide to Street Literature Drops October 20th!

Hi All!

I am very excited about the official release of my book, The Readers Advisory Guide to Street Literature. Its release date is set for October 20, 2011. It is currently available for pre-order on Amazon.com, ALAStore, and other major book retail outlets. You can click on the book cover (below) to pre-order from ALAStore. 

If you are a teacher, librarian, author, publisher, or lifelong learner who wants to understand what the street lit craze is all about - this is the book for you!

                                         

Forward by New York Times best-selling author Teri Woods

Early Praise for Vanessa Irvin Morris's book:

"Morris' book challenges us to reflect on how we practice our 'service for all' credo. Her excellent scholarship and analysis will assist library staff to become 'literate' about a large body of literature and the ways that literature resonates with a large body of readers." -- Robin Osborne, Editor, From Outreach to Equity: Innovative Models of Library Policy and Practice

"Vanessa Irvin Morris persuasively overturns common prejudices against Street Literature, situating the genre convincingly in a long literary history of narratives located in low-income city neighborhoods. Her broadened conceptualization of the genre provides educators with indispensable tools for linking Street Literature with works of other literary periods and genres, non-fiction formats and even audiovisual media. Librarians and teachers will gain in-depth knowledge about readers’ agency, tastes and complex reading practices – all essential prerequisites for engaging seriously with Street Literature and its readers."-- Kristina Graaff, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
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To connect with Vanessa:
Facebook: Readers Advisory Guide to Street Literature
Blog: StreetLiterature.com
Twitter: @vanirvinmorris
LinkedIn: vanirvinmorris
Website: http://www.vanirvinmorris.com