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Hitting a straight lick with a crooked stick : stories from the Harlem Renaissance
Audience Adults
Published [2020] by Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, New York, NY
ISBN 9780062915795
Bib Id 2316871
Copyright 2020
Edition First edition.
Description xliii, 252 pages ; 22 cm
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ISBN
9780062915795 (hardcover) $26.00
0062915797
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FIC Hurston
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Short stories. Selections
Title
Hitting a straight lick with a crooked stick : stories from the Harlem Renaissance
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
[2020] by Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, New York, NY :
Copyright Date
©2020
Description
xliii, 252 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-250).
Contents
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.
Summary
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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Genre/Form
Short stories.
Short stories.
Domestic fiction
Short stories.
Domestic fiction
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