Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick Stories from the Harlem Renaissance
eBook - 2020
From "one of the greatest writers of our time" (Toni Morrison)—the author of Barracoon and Their Eyes Were Watching God—a collection of remarkable stories, including eight "lost" Harlem Renaissance tales now available to a wide audience for the first time. New York Times' Books to Watch for Buzzfeed's Most Anticipated Books Newsweek's Most Anticipated Books Forbes.com's Most Anticipated Books E!'s Top Books to Read Glamour's Best Books Essence's Best Books by Black AuthorsIn 1925, Barnard student Zora Neale Hurston—the sole black student at the college—was living in New York, "desperately striving for a toe-hold on the world." During this period, she began writing shor...t 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...
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File Size | 735 MB |
ISBN | 9780062915818 |
Release Date | 1/14/2020 |
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ASIN | B07QRNVNQF |
Release Date | 1/14/2020 |
OverDrive Read eBook | |
ISBN | 9780062915818 |
Release Date | 1/14/2020 |