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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.

Hurston, Zora Neale, (author.). West, Margaret Genevieve, (editor,, writer of introduction.). Hurston, Zora Neale. John Redding goes to sea. (Added Author). Hurston, Zora Neale. Conversion of Sam. (Added Author). Hurston, Zora Neale. Bit of our Harlem. (Added Author). Hurston, Zora Neale. Drenched in light. (Added Author). Hurston, Zora Neale. Short stories. Selections. (Added Author). Hurston, Zora Neale. Magnolia flower. (Added Author). Hurston, Zora Neale. Black death. (Added Author). Hurston, Zora Neale. Bone of contention. (Added Author). Hurston, Zora Neale. Muttsy. (Added Author). Hurston, Zora Neale. Sweat. (Added Author).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062915795
  • ISBN: 0062915797
  • ISBN: 9780062915801
  • ISBN: 0062915800
  • Physical Description: xliii, 252 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2020.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-250).

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Subject: African Americans > Fiction.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Fiction.
Genre: Short stories.
Domestic fiction.

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  • 23 of 26 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albright Memorial Library FICTION HURSTON (Text) 50686015574903 Storage Available -
Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library F HUR (Text) 37268003069499 AHMFL Adult Fiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library F HUR (Text) 33240004906502 Adult Fiction Available -
Annie Halenbake Ross Library F Hur (Text) 00144211 ADULT Fiction Available -
Coudersport Public Library FIC HUR (Text) 30183000946580 Adult Fiction Available -
Emmaus Public Library FIC HURSTON, ZORA NEALE (Text) 36446002006164 Adult Fiction Available -
Gettysburg Library FIC HURSTON ZORA NEALE (Text) 35740635590193 Fiction Checked Out 05/15/2024
Green Free Library (Wellsboro) HUR (Text) 92523249 GFWM Main Room Available -
Highland Community Library F HUR (Text) 35610000963723 HGHM Fiction Available -
Huntingdon County Library F HUR (Text) 30298100554231 Fiction Available -
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