**FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE**
March 15, 2016
March 15, 2016
STREET LITERATURE BOOK AWARD MEDALS (SLBAM)
ANNOUNCED FOR 2015 PUBLICATIONS
ANNOUNCED FOR 2015 PUBLICATIONS
Honolulu, HI. -- The
2016 Street Lit Book Award Medal (SLBAM) Committee is excited to announce the
award winners for 2015 publications. The following winners and honorees were
nominated based on popular demand of books as read and circulated by the
reading public in school, academic, and public library settings throughout the
nation. SLBAM honors what street lit readers are reading and deeming as their
best authors and titles for the 2015 publication year.
ADULT NON-FICTION
WINNER: Between The World And Me / Ta-Nehisi Coates
ADULT NON-FICTION HONOREE: The short and tragic life of Robert Peace: a
brilliant young man who left Newark for the Ivy
League / Jeff Hobbs
ADULT NON-FICTION HONOREE: The short and tragic life of Robert Peace: a
brilliant young man who left Newark for the Ivy
League / Jeff Hobbs
ADULT FICTION WINNER:
King
Divas / De’nesha Diamond
ADULT FICTION HONOREE: Animal III: Revelations / K'wan
ADULT FICTION HONOREE: Animal III: Revelations / K'wan
GRAPHIC NOVELS WINNER:
March:
Book Two / John Lewis and Andrew Aydin
GRAPHIC NOVELS HONOREE: Legend of the Mantamaji Book 3 / Eric Dean Seaton and
Brandon Palas
GRAPHIC NOVELS HONOREE: Legend of the Mantamaji Book 3 / Eric Dean Seaton and
Brandon Palas
EBOOK NON-FICTION WINNER: Slugg:
A Boy’s Life in the Age of Mass Incarceration /
Tony Lewis Jr.
EBOOK FICTION WINNER: King Divas (Diva Series Book Series) / De'nesha Diamond
YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE WINNER: Brown Girl Dreaming / Jacqueline Woodson
Tony Lewis Jr.
EBOOK FICTION WINNER: King Divas (Diva Series Book Series) / De'nesha Diamond
YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE WINNER: Brown Girl Dreaming / Jacqueline Woodson
EMERGING CLASSIC WINNER:
The
Crossover / Kwame Alexander
AUTHOR OF THE YEAR:
Kwame Alexander
The Street Lit Book
Award Medals (SLBAM) are annually conferred and have been proven to a useful
collection development resource for librarians. For a historical listing of the
SLBAMs, visit the StreetLiterature.com website or
email: SLBAM.Awards@gmail.com.
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EBOOK NON-FICTION WINNER
Slugg: A Boy’s Life in the Age of Mass Incarceration
Tony Lewis Jr.
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Methodology: The Street
Literature Book Award Medal (SLBAM) Committee conducted three nomination rounds
where they reported on field research of patron readership and reader response
to street literature in libraries across the country. The committee discussed
all nominated titles. In response to evolving readership of the genre, two new
categories were added this year: Ebooks and Graphic Novels. Other special
categories include the "Emerging Classic" category, which recognizes
a street lit-plotted or -themed book that was published during or before the
year of nomination but continues to be in popular demand by the reading public.
Another special category, "Author(s) of the Year", recognizes an
author or writing team whose publications were particularly well-received by
the reading public during the nomination year. Aside from the "Emerging
Classic" category, books eligible for SLBAM nomination were required to be
published between January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015.
2015-2016 SLBAM
Committee Members:
K.C. Boyd, M.Ed., M.L.S., Chicago, IL
Marvin DeBose, Sr., M.L.S., Philadelphia, PA
D.L. Grant, Jr., M.L.S., San Antonio, TX
Patrice Grimball-Smith, Charleston, SC
Takiyah Jemison, M.L.S., Colorado Springs, CO
K.C. Boyd, M.Ed., M.L.S., Chicago, IL
Marvin DeBose, Sr., M.L.S., Philadelphia, PA
D.L. Grant, Jr., M.L.S., San Antonio, TX
Patrice Grimball-Smith, Charleston, SC
Takiyah Jemison, M.L.S., Colorado Springs, CO
Vanessa Irvin, M.S.L.S.,
Ed.D., is the convener of the
Street Lit Book Award Medal (SLBAM) Committee. As convener, Dr. Irvin is a
non-voting member of the committee, and focuses on facilitating the committee’s
research and nomination round process. Vanessa is the author of the Street
Literature.com blog, and the award-winning publication, The Readers
Advisory Guide to Street Literature (2012). A librarian with over 30
years' experience, Dr. Irvin teaches library and information science at the
University of Hawai’i, in Honolulu, HI.**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**
March 15, 2016
March 15, 2016
Contact:
Vanessa Irvin, Convener
Street Literature Book Award Medal Committee
(808) 956-6703
SLBAM.Awards@gmail.com
Street Literature Book Award Medal Committee
(808) 956-6703
SLBAM.Awards@gmail.com
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