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owlectomyPeople are surprised when I know about manga.
People are astonished when I know about urban fiction.
I've been at this for two and a half years. At the first library I worked in, "street fiction" and mellower domestic African-American fiction made up most of our demand for adult fiction; here, it's bestsellers and street lit. Ever since I had such trouble finding Flyy Girl when I didn't know it was spelled Flyy, I've been making an effort to keep up with titles and authors... it's kinda fun to psych people out.
People are astonished when I know about urban fiction.
I've been at this for two and a half years. At the first library I worked in, "street fiction" and mellower domestic African-American fiction made up most of our demand for adult fiction; here, it's bestsellers and street lit. Ever since I had such trouble finding Flyy Girl when I didn't know it was spelled Flyy, I've been making an effort to keep up with titles and authors... it's kinda fun to psych people out.
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17/12/08 00:46 (UTC)That said, I think "The Coldest Winter Ever" by Sister Souljah is a good place to start; it was one of the really big books that jump-started the genre in 1999, and it's the book a lot of the newer authors are trying to copy. And I think "The Last Street Novel" by Omar Tyree is really interesting in the way it riffs on the conventions of the genre.