Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick [electronic resource]
Zora Neale Hurston2020
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From 'one of the greatest writers of our time' (Toni Morrison)-the author of
Their Eyes Were Watching God and Barracoon -a collection of remarkable short
stories from the Harlem Renaissance. With a foreword by Tayari Jones, author of
An American Marriage.
In 1925, college student Zora Neale Hurston-he sole black student at Barnard
College, New York-was living in the city, 'desperately striving for a toe-hold
on the world.'
During this period, she began writing short works that captured the zeitgeist of
African American life and transformed her into one of the central figures of the
Harlem Renaissance. Nearly a century later, this singular talent is recognised
as one of the most influential and revered American artists of the modern
period.
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
...
Main title:
Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick [electronic resource] / Zora Neale Hurston
Author:
Zora Neale Hurston, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : HarperCollins UK, 2020
Collation:
1 online resource (1 audio file) (245 MB, 08:57:22 H)
Performers:
Narrator: Aunjanue Ellis
Audience:
Adult
System details:
Platform: findawayMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780008374730
Language:
English
BRN:
437593
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eAudiobook |