Research Catalog

Title

Hitting a straight lick with a crooked stick : stories from the Harlem Renaissance / Zora Neale Hurston ; foreword by Tayari Jones ; introduction by Genevieve West.

Author

Hurston, Zora Neale

Publication

• New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
• ©2020

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Details

Additional Authors

• West, Margaret Genevieve
• Jones, Tayari

Description

xliii, 252 pages; 22 cm

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.

Uniform Title

Short stories. Selections (Hitting a straight lick with a crooked stick)

Alternative Title

Short stories.

Subjects

• Short stories
• Black author
• Fiction
• Domestic fiction
• African Americans > Fiction
• Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Fiction
• New York (State) > New York > Harlem

Genre/Form

• Short stories.
• Domestic fiction.
• Fiction.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-250).

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.

Call Number

Sc D 20-406

ISBN

• 9780062915795
• 0062915797

LCCN

2020275793

OCLC

1134612047

Author

Hurston, Zora Neale, author. Author

Title

Hitting a straight lick with a crooked stick : stories from the Harlem Renaissance / Zora Neale Hurston ; foreword by Tayari Jones ; introduction by Genevieve West.

Publisher

New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]

Copyright Date

©2020

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Creator/Contributor Characteristics

Gender group: Women

Ethnic/cultural group: African Americans

Nationality/regional group: New Yorkers (New York State)

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-250).

Local Note

Schomburg copy with dust jacket.

Local Subject

Black author.

Added Author

West, Margaret Genevieve, editor, writer of introduction.

Jones, Tayari, writer of foreword.

Container of (work): Hurston, Zora Neale. John Redding goes to sea.

Container of (work): Hurston, Zora Neale. Conversion of Sam.

Container of (work): Hurston, Zora Neale. Bit of our Harlem.

Container of (work): Hurston, Zora Neale. Drenched in light.

Container of (work): Hurston, Zora Neale. Short stories. Selections.

Container of (work): Hurston, Zora Neale. Magnolia flower.

Container of (work): Hurston, Zora Neale. Black death.

Container of (work): Hurston, Zora Neale. Bone of contention.

Container of (work): Hurston, Zora Neale. Muttsy.

Container of (work): Hurston, Zora Neale. Sweat.

Container of (work): Hurston, Zora Neale. Under the bridge

Container of (work): Hurston, Zora Neale. 'Possum or pig?

Container of (work): Hurston, Zora Neale. Eatonville anthology

Container of (work): Hurston, Zora Neale. Book of Harlem. No. 1.

Container of (work): Hurston, Zora Neale. Book of Harlem. No. 2.

Container of (work): Hurston, Zora Neale. Back room

Container of (work): Hurston, Zora Neale. Monkey junk

Container of (work): Hurston, Zora Neale. Country in the woman

Container of (work): Hurston, Zora Neale. Gilded six-bits

Container of (work): Hurston, Zora Neale. She rock

Container of (work): Hurston, Zora Neale. Fire and the cloud

Research Call Number

Sc D 20-406