Hitting a straight lick with a crooked stick : stories from the Harlem Renaissance
Record details
- ISBN: 0062915797
- ISBN: 9780062915795
- ISBN: 9780062915795
- ISBN: 0062915797
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Physical Description:
xliii, 252 pages ; 22 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-250). |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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, etc.: | 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: | Short stories. Domestic fiction. Fiction. Short stories. Short stories. Short stories. Domestic fiction. Fiction. |
Available copies
- 41 of 41 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Ridgefield Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 41 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Ridgefield Library | FIC HURSTON (Text) | 34010149643743 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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