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The readers' advisory guide to street literature / Vanessa Irvin Morris ; foreword by Teri Woods.

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Chicago : American Library Association, 2012.

9780838911105 (alk. paper)

0838911102 (alk. paper)

ALA readers' advisory series.

xxiii, 138 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

It's like a movie in my head : street lit and its appeal to readers -- From Moll Flanders to The coldest winter ever : a historical timeline of street lit -- The streets are callin' : the street as a literary motif -- The diversity within street lit : themes and subgenres -- Street-lit readers' advisory : expanding on the patrons' expertise -- Toning it down : teen-friendly street lit -- Who put this book on the shelf? : collection strategies for street lit -- Characters outside the cover : how librarians, authors, and readers read street lit -- Hustlin' street lit : pushin' books and programs -- Epilogue: BEEF : bringin' extreme explanations to the forefont of street lit -- Works cited -- Literature cited -- Street-literature publishers.

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