Some librarians and educators are uncomfortable with the idea of promoting street lit in their libraries. These stories feature gritty and realistic depictions of the seedy side of street life, including drug use, violence, and graphic sexual encounters. Plus, many of these titles are written using regional dialect and slang, which appears to some critics as poor writing. So why should an institution of higher education, like FSCJ, collect street lit titles?
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