Bibliograph

Hitting a straight lick with a crooked stick, stories from the Harlem Renaissance, Zora Neale Hurston ; foreword by Tayari Jones ; edited with an introduction by Genevieve West

Type

Label

Hitting a straight lick with a crooked stick, stories from the Harlem Renaissance, Zora Neale Hurston ; foreword by Tayari Jones ; edited with an introduction by Genevieve West

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-250)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Hitting a straight lick with a crooked stick

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1134612047

Responsibility statement

Zora Neale Hurston ; foreword by Tayari Jones ; edited with an introduction by Genevieve West

Sub title

stories from the Harlem Renaissance

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

Table Of 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

Target audience

adult

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