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Hitting a straight lick with a crooked stick : stories from the Harlem Renaissance

Hurston, Zora Neale (author., Author). West, Margaret Genevieve, (editor,, writer of introduction.). Jones, Tayari, (writer of foreword.). Hurston, Zora Neale Container of (work): John Redding goes to sea. (Added Author). Hurston, Zora Neale Container of (work): Conversion of Sam. (Added Author). Hurston, Zora Neale Container of (work): Bit of our Harlem. (Added Author). Hurston, Zora Neale Container of (work): Drenched in light. (Added Author). Hurston, Zora Neale Container of (work): Short stories. Selections. (Added Author). Hurston, Zora Neale Container of (work): Magnolia flower. (Added Author). Hurston, Zora Neale Container of (work): Black death. (Added Author). Hurston, Zora Neale Container of (work): Bone of contention. (Added Author). Hurston, Zora Neale Container of (work): Muttsy. (Added Author). Hurston, Zora Neale Container of (work): Sweat. (Added Author). Hurston, Zora Neale Container of (work): Under the bridge (Added Author). Hurston, Zora Neale Container of (work): 'Possum or pig? (Added Author). Hurston, Zora Neale Container of (work): Eatonville anthology (Added Author). Hurston, Zora Neale Container of (work): Book of Harlem. No. 1 (Added Author). Hurston, Zora Neale Container of (work): Book of Harlem. No. 2 (Added Author). Hurston, Zora Neale Container of (work): Back room (Added Author). Hurston, Zora Neale Container of (work): Monkey junk (Added Author). Hurston, Zora Neale Container of (work): Country in the woman (Added Author). Hurston, Zora Neale Container of (work): Gilded six-bits (Added Author). Hurston, Zora Neale Container of (work): She rock (Added Author). Hurston, Zora Neale Container of (work): Fire and the cloud (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0062915797
ISBN: 9780062915795
ISBN: 9780062915795
ISBN: 0062915797
Physical Description: xliii, 252 pages ; 22 cm
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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.