Tales from da Hood by Nikki Turner

Tales from da Hood by Nikki Turner

These stories are not fables or fairy tales. They are severe chronicles of gangstas, written by men and women who have starved and bled and survived by the code of the streets.
Essence magazine's #1 bestselling author Nikki Turner has earned her rep as the Princess of Hip-Hop with gritty urban novels like A Hustler's Wife and The Glamorous Life. Now she lends her considerable street cred to this anthology, the first of its kind-an explosive collection featuring edgy new writers Turner handpicked for their ability to evoke the street, and the people who live by its rules, in hot, hyperrealistic stories.
Turner scoured the ghetto, the prisons, and every crack and crevice around the country to bring you these impressive new fresh-from-the-street voices. Never one to disappoint her fans, Turner even throws in a raw gangsta tale of her own. From a buppie who risks her entire well-groomed world when she's suddenly turned on by a thug (Gotta Have a Ruffneck), to a lesbian pimp who gets what she deserves from the women she's turning out (Big Daddy), these stories will shock, entertain, and make you fly through the pages.

Nikki Turner, dubbed the Queen of Hip-Hop Lit, is the bestselling author of a number of books, including Natural Born Hustler, Relapse, Ghetto Superstar, Black Widow, Forever a Hustler's Wife, and Riding Dirty on I-95, among others. Backstage, Tales from da Hood, Girls in the Game, and Christmas in the Hood are among the short story collections she edits for the Street Chronicles series. Nikki Turner Presents, One World's street-lit book line, was launched in Summer 2008, and it now includes authors like as Seven, Freeze, Styles P, and Dana Dane. Nikki Turner is a Richmond, Virginia resident.

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ISBN 13	9780345484017
ISBN 10	0345484010
Title	Tales from da Hood
Author	Nikki Turner
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2006-01-31
Number of pages	304
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