What Is Street Lit? Panel Discussion

Writer's Life Chats

Urban fiction, also known as street lit or street fiction is a literary genre set in a city landscape; however, the genre is as much defined by the socio-economic realities and culture of its characters as the urban setting. The tone for urban fiction is usually dark, focusing on the underside of city living. According to Publishers Weekly Street lit, urban lit, or hip-hop lit—whatever you may call it—the popular and controversial genre generally focused on crime, sex, and violence set in African-American neighborhoods. It is also a multi million dollar industry. Join Kisha Green as she chats with Best Selling Author, Al-Saadiq Banks, Shaun Sinclair and Aaron Bebo.