Hitting a straight lick with a crooked stick : stories from the Harlem Renaissance / Zora Neale Hurston ; foreword by Tayari Jones ; introduction by Genevieve West.
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TextPublisher: New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Edition: First editionDescription: xliii, 252 pages ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780062915795
- 0062915797
- Short stories. Selections
- 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
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
From "one of the greatest writers of our time" (Toni Morrison)--the author of Barracoon and Their Eyes Were Watching God--a collection of remarkable stories, including eight "lost" Harlem Renaissance tales now available to a wide audience for the first time.
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In 1925, Barnard student Zora Neale Hurston--the sole black student at the college--was living in New York, "desperately striving for a toe-hold on the world." During this period, she began writing short works that captured the zeitgeist of African American life and transformed her into one of the central figures of the Harlem Renaissance. Nearly a century later, this singular talent is recognized as one of the most influential and revered American artists of the modern period.
Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick is an outstanding collection of stories about love and migration, gender and class, racism and sexism that proudly reflect African American folk culture. Brought together for the first time in one volume, they include eight of Hurston's "lost" Harlem stories, which were found in forgotten periodicals and archives. These stories challenge conceptions of Hurston as an author of rural fiction and include gems that flash with her biting, satiric humor, as well as more serious tales reflective of the cultural currents of Hurston's world. All are timeless classics that enrich our understanding and appreciation of this exceptional writer's voice and her contributions to America's literary traditions.
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.
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.