| In Guns We Trust by Dennis Wise Holiday Special Price $11.00 |
| Welcome to Streetwise Publishing |
| There is a new Sheriff in the publishing territory of urban writings. Presently, our site is a work in progress. Please be patient with us. We can hardly wait to share what we have to offer in the way of information, products and services. You can count on this site to provide current information about the world of publishing in general, and StreetWise Publishing Co. in particular. |
| We will be showcasing original works from our team of writers (articles, short stories, poetry, and excerpts from novels). You can also look forward to StreetWise Classics including works going back to Paul L. Dunbar, Frederick Douglas, Phyllis Wheatley, The Black Reconstruction Period, The Harlem Renaissance -and - last but not least - our contemporary writers who proudly carry the torch lit by the same fire found in our writers from yesteryear. |
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| In Guns We Trust by Dennis Wise author of The Wolf Trap |
| Get ready for another high calibre, ruthlessly honest novel from a writer on path to gain ever increasing rank among writing heavyweights on the scene today. |
| Featuring: Honey & Bianca This is the story of two young African American girls who become the furthest thing from erstwhile innocents raised in strict caring homes. Fate and circumstance quickly transform our lead characters. |
| Taking a job as a baby sitter leads to abuse and manipulation - forced prostitution - drug dependency - and ultimately, a survival mode that features an adopted attitude (see title) where conscience is completely absent. |
| Just out of High School the girls find themselves living as Gangster Molls in the ruthless and fast paced drug world of New York. They learn to kill in order to survive. They learn from the experts. |
| Both have an incredible will to survive, for themselves, and to provide for family. Both are resilient and strong in their individual ways. Sadly, only one has the true tenacity to endure to the end. |
| Coming 2008 |
| The New Adventures of St Peter Claver by Charles Wise ( the first in a series of children's books imagining what the patron saint of African-Americans might have to say about the challenges our kids face today). |
| Our Intentions |
| The time is now for those in our communities to enjoy a serious minded venue for publishing. Our guiding purpose is to give answer to this call. We believe the so-called Urban Hip-Hop/Hustler culture, owns a unique and valid literature in it's language, message, and rhythmic cadence. Also, our Brothers and Sisters confined in prisons across America now have a launching base for their writing talents. |
| Our role at StreetWise is to be a partner in presenting and promoting your work to a level of national and international acclaim. We say partner - because this will involve your hard work - as well as ours - to make this a reality. |
| We younger Negro artists...intend to express our individual dark-skinned self without fear or shame. If white people are pleased, we are glad. If they are not, it doesn't matter. We know we are beautiful. And ugly too. |
| Langston Hughes, |
| The Nation (June 23, 1926) |
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