Even before artists like Tupac Shakur, Nas and LL Cool J were telling the story of growing up in poor, urban environments through their music, writers like Iceberg Slim and Claude Brown were describing life on the streets in books that spawned the literary genre known as urban fiction or “street lit.” Stories that ring true, spare no gritty detail and tend to be set in a city or urban landscape have been around for quite a while. But a recent title written by Oakdale Boonce "Book Of Boonce" is helping to engage a new generation of readers.
Oakdale Boonce has contributed a great work to the African-American, urban literature genre, as a whole. And, for that, you cannot help but appreciate his penmanship. Following “Book Of Boonce” recent release, the book has exploded in popularity and has quickly won acclaim among readers…