Hitting a straight lick with a crooked stick: stories from the Harlem Renaissance
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New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020].
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First edition.
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xliii, 252 pages ; 22 cm
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East Hampton Adult Fiction
FIC HUR
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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 gems.
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English
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9780062915795, 0062915797
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-250).
Description
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.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Hurston, Z. N., West, M. G., Jones, T., & Hurston, Z. N. (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)Zora Neale, Hurston et al.. 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)Zora Neale, Hurston et al., 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.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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