{"product_id":"urban-grit-megan-honig-9781591588573","title":"Urban Grit: A Guide to Street Lit","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOffering more than 400 street-lit titles, this guide helps readers' advisors and other librarians to better understand the genre and collect and recommend titles ranging from romance and coming-of-age stories to action stories and erotica.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStreet lit is also known to its enthusiastic readers as \"urban fiction,\" \"ghetto lit,\" \"hip-hop lit,\" and \"gangsta lit.\" No matter what it's called, it remains one of the most significant and increasingly popular forms of modern literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis text provides a much-needed resource guide to this vibrant genre. In this title, more than 400 entries appear in eleven chapters, each focusing on a different subgenre of street lit. The author has organized titles by popular subgenres and themes, such as prison life and urban erotica, to help librarians more easily identify read-alikes. \u003ci\u003eUrban Grit: A Guide to Street Lit\u003c\/i\u003e also contains practical tips on integrating these books into an existing collection or library program and meeting challenges that may arise in the process.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Megan Honig\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 159158857X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781591588573\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Libraries Unlimited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/03\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.20w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2011 pg. 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2011 pg. 102\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2011 pg. 148","brand":"Megan Honig","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44053013037311,"sku":"9781591588573","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_de12bdb2-8943-4808-8ef6-aa0aa10aaebc.jpg?v=1685021907","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/urban-grit-megan-honig-9781591588573","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}