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Starred Review on September 1, 2024 | Professional Media
Irvin (library science, East Carolina Univ.) reinforces why street lit remains popular among patrons in this update to her 2011 guide. Under the umbrella of urban fiction, street lit encompasses both fictional stories of low-income city dwellers and nonfiction books about the effects of poverty in urban areas. Although the genre has been around since the 1600s as broadsides, it didn't become formatted as books until the 19th century. Street lit's ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More