lationships and living the life on the sidewalk, including working as a magazine vendor for several months.
             Duneier's analysis of the spoken discourses is thoughtful, sensitive, and cogent. He empowers his subjects as actors and gives them a voice in their own account of their lives – they are the experts. This is exemplified by the fact that Duneier arranges for several of the book and magazine vendors on Sixth Avenue to co-teach a course with him at the University of California-Santa Barbara. The afterward of the book is actually written by one of Duneier's key informants, Hakim Hasan, a book vendor on Sixth Avenue. Duneier also utilizes the 'subject as interviewer' approach at various times to achieve further validity in his findings, (as when Hakim interviews Mudrick – a man who lives on the street and does odd jobs around Sixth Avenue (165)). Duneier is extremely reflexive in his approach and continually acknowledges his impact on the research setting, stating
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