The Readers' Advisory Guide to Street Literature, Second Edition
The Readers' Advisory Guide to Street Literature, Second Edition
Irvin, Vanessa
product information
Condition: New, UPC: 9798892555692, Type: Paperback ,
join & start selling
description
pularity of street lit, Irvin's updated guide will help library workers, teachers, and other community-based educators encourage reading and library use by meeting patrons' reading interests and information needs.

Street lit, also known as urban fiction, addresses with unflinching grit the concerns and problems of city living and survival in the United States. As a leisure reading genre, street lit encompasses some of the most in-demand titles in American public libraries' collections. In this new, thoroughly revised edition of her popular guide, Irvin's coverage of street lit is fortified by professional narratives from her experiences as a public librarian in Philadelphia, an updated treatment of canonical and contemporary book titles, and scholarly references that reflect her research background in library and information science. Attuned to the needs of novices and devotees alike, Irvin

    sketches out the rich history of the urban fiction, showing why it appeals so strongly to readers and providing a quick way for street lit novices to get up to speed on understanding the genre;demonstrates why promoting street lit means promoting literacy;explores how authors, readers, and librarians read and respond to the genre and one another; covers a variety of subgenres in terms of scope, popularity, style, major authors, and works;shares approaches to readers' advisory (RA) founded on creating trust between the patron and the librarian; andoffers pointers on collection development and library programming.
reviews

Be the first to write a review

member goods

No member items were found under this heading.

notems store

Exam Review for Milady Standard ...

by Milady

Paperback /Paperback

$60.71

Ella Bella Ballerina and Cinderella

by Mayhew, James

Hardcover /Hardcover

$12.74

The Checklist Manifesto

by Gawande, Atul

Paperback /Paperback

$35.00

listens & views

GHOST

by GHOST

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$16.49

IN LOVE WITH LOVE

by COLE,VINSON / STEPHENS,PATRICK

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$17.75

DUO LIVE IN CONCERT

by DREW,KENNY / NEILS-HENNINGS

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$19.99

YUM YUM (UK)

by FATBACK BAND

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$8.49

Return Policy

All sales are final

Shipping

No special shipping considerations available.
Shipping fees determined at checkout.
promoting relevance through notable postings ]
share it, buy it, sell it ]

A notem is a post that highlights an experience, idea, topic of interest, an event ... whatever a member believes worthy of discussion. Each notem becomes a pathway by which to make meaningful connections.

notems is a free, global social network that rewards members by the number and quality of notems they post.

notemote® © . Privacy Policy. Developed by Hartmann Software Group