EPISODE FOUR: FOH [Fiction Outta the Hood]
Better Than the Movie: A Podcast About Books
English - February 17, 2015 06:00 - 1 hour - 81.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsArts Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this week's episode we tackle the genre of urban fiction aka hood lit. We discuss our gripes with it as well as its...unique traits. We also spend a bit of time reminiscing for authors of days of yore, specifically Trisha R. Thomas, Sheneska Jackson and Lolita. We also finally get to the root of Jeanette's Zane issues.
In this week's episode we tackle the genre of urban fiction aka hood lit. From the origins of Iceberg Slim novels to its stronghold on the Amazon Top 100 African American fiction list, we discuss our gripes with it as well as its...unique traits. We also spend a bit of time reminiscing for authors of days of yore, specifically Trisha R. Thomas, Sheneska Jackson and Lolita Files and we finally get to the root of Jeanette's Zane issues.
Intro/Outro music courtesy of Chief waKil. Song: "Good Things"