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Break the 'Street Lit' Habit
Every black writer I know complains about it. “Street lit” has taken over as the de facto literature of our time. We’ve all seen it — the teeming shelves at Borders and Barnes & Noble full of raunchy books beckoning the generic black reader. Meanwhile, serious fiction is hidden behind come hither covers, presumably because…
Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
