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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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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Hitting a straight lick with a crooked stick
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Zora Neale Hurston ; foreword by Tayari Jones ; introduction by Genevieve West
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stories from the Harlem Renaissance
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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 gemsA collection of Harlem Renaissance tales by the folklorist and author features eight lesser-known stories and explores subjects ranging from class and migration to racism and sexism
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