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This urban fiction discussion and interview first aired on NPR in 2009. http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/2009/11/27/06

The following is an interesting story about Urban Fiction described by members of the publishing community and author Terry McMillan. This story first aired on October 12, 2007 on NPR. []

From Susan McClelland Vickie, the librarian, kindly shared this audio podcast of the June 28 ALA "PHAT Fiction: Engaing Hip Hop Literature in the Public Library" UrbanFicALA2010

From Susan McClelland **Prison Book Club for Teens** On Saturday, July 24, 3:00p.m. (CST) a conversation was held between Kelly Woods, Outreach Services Librarian, Plainfield, Public library. Planfield, IL, and coordinator of a Book Club for incarcerated girls at Illinois Youth Center-Warrenville, IL; Susan K.. McClelland, Adjunct Faculty Reference and Instruction Librarian, Oakton Community College, Skokie, IL. and, K.C. Boyd; Coordinator, City-Wide Book Club Coordinator, Chicago Public Schools. The resulting interview follows: