Hitting a straight lick with a crooked stick: stories from the Harlem Renaissance
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"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." --book jacket
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Hurston, Z. N., West, M. G., & Jones, T. (2020). Hitting a straight lick with a crooked stick: stories from the Harlem Renaissance. First edition. Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Hurston, Zora Neale, Margaret Genevieve, West and Tayari, Jones. 2020. Hitting a Straight Lick With a Crooked Stick: Stories From the Harlem Renaissance. Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Hurston, Zora Neale, Margaret Genevieve, West and Tayari, Jones, Hitting a Straight Lick With a Crooked Stick: Stories From the Harlem Renaissance. Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2020.
MLA Citation (style guide)Hurston, Zora Neale,, et al. Hitting a Straight Lick With a Crooked Stick: Stories From the Harlem Renaissance. First edition. Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2020.
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