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Hitting a straight lick with a crooked stick : stories from the Harlem Renaissance
Short stories. Selections (Hitting a straight lick with a crooked stick)
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In 1925, Zora Neale Hurston was living in New York as a fledgling writer. This collection of stories, found in archives after her death, reveal African American folk culture in Harlem in the 1920s....
In 1925, Zora Neale Hurston was living in New York as a fledgling writer. This collection of stories, found in archives after her death, reveal African American folk culture in Harlem in the 1920s. This book includes eight of Hurston's "lost" Harlem gems.
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- Creator
- Zora Neale Hurston ; foreword by Tayari Jones ; introduction by Genevieve West
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- Language
- English
- Contributors
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- West, Margaret Genevieve, editor, writer of introduction
- Jones, Tayari, writer of foreword
- Hurston, Zora Neale. John Redding goes to sea
- Hurston, Zora Neale. Conversion of Sam
- Hurston, Zora Neale. Bit of our Harlem
- Hurston, Zora Neale. Drenched in light
- Hurston, Zora Neale. Short stories. Selections
- Hurston, Zora Neale. Magnolia flower
- Hurston, Zora Neale. Black death
- Hurston, Zora Neale. Bone of contention
- Hurston, Zora Neale. Muttsy
- Hurston, Zora Neale. Sweat
- Hurston, Zora Neale. Under the bridge
- Hurston, Zora Neale. 'Possum or pig?
- Hurston, Zora Neale. Eatonville anthology
- Hurston, Zora Neale. Book of Harlem
- Hurston, Zora Neale. Back room
- Hurston, Zora Neale. Monkey junk
- Hurston, Zora Neale. Country in the woman
- Hurston, Zora Neale. Gilded six-bits
- Hurston, Zora Neale. She rock
- Hurston, Zora Neale. Fire and the cloud
- Publication
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- First edition
- New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
- ©2020
- Physical Details
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- xliii, 252 pages ; 22 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780062915795, 0062915797
- OCLC
- on1134612047
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-250).
- John Redding goes to sea -- The conversion of Sam -- A bit of our Harlem -- Drenched in light -- Spunk -- Magnolia flower -- Black death -- The bone of contention -- Muttsy -- Sweat -- Under the bridge -- 'Possum or pig? -- The Eatonville anthology -- Book of Harlem -- The book of Harlem -- The back room -- Monkey junk -- The country in the woman -- The gilded six-bits -- She rock -- The fire and the cloud