Correction to my typo: Shannon Holmes, the author of B More
Careful, The Game, Bad Girlz, and Never Go Home Again. Street
Fiction has perhaps more women readers than men, perhaps
reflected in the frequency of female protagonists and authors
in the newer titles coming out in the wake of Sister Soujah's
Coldest Winter Ever. Yet another example that as a rule women
read more, and more widely, than men.
Those interested in the fleeting world of 70s
'Black Experience' fiction might want to check out the
1969-1980 bibliography at The Project on the History of Black
Writing, where they will find writers of lasting literary
note such as Toni Morrison and Paule Marshall sitting cheek
by jowl with the likes of Joe Nazel ("The Black Exorcist,")
Randolph Harris ("Thickshot: Story of a Black Pimp,") Marc
Olden ("The Black Samurai,") Charlie Harris ("Macking
Gangster" & "Whore Daughter,") Omar Fletcher ("Black
Godfather,") J. Jason Grant ("Bitch"). The really delightful
thing is that much of this 30 year old pulp is still in print
with Holloway House, kept afloat by Goines and the supreme
stylist of the genre, Iceberg Slim. (If you're totally new to
the genre and want to sample, I recommend Iceberg Slim
without reservation.)
===== David Wright - Seattle Public Library Fiction
Dept.
"Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity."
-G.K.
Chesterton
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