Menasha Public Library (Elisha D. Smith)

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

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Hitting a straight lick with a crooked stick

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

A 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

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

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