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Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick
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.

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In 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 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 recognized 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 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.
The Last Slave Ship

The Last Slave Ship

Zora Neale Hurston

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Spunk & Sweat - Two Short Stories

Spunk & Sweat - Two Short Stories

Zora Neale Hurston

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Spunk - A Short Story

Spunk - A Short Story

Zora Neale Hurston

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Spunk & Sweat - Two Short Stories

Spunk & Sweat - Two Short Stories

Zora Neale Hurston

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Sweat - A Short Story

Sweat - A Short Story

Zora Neale Hurston

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Magnolia Flower

Magnolia Flower

Zora Neale Hurston, Ibram X. Kendi

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Their eyes were watching god

Their eyes were watching god

Zora Neale Hurston

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You Don't Know Us Negroes and Other Essays

You Don't Know Us Negroes and Other Essays

Zora Neale Hurston, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Genevieve West

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You Don’t Know Us Negroes and Other Essays

You Don’t Know Us Negroes and Other Essays

Zora Neale Hurston, Henry Louis Gates, Genevieve West

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Miami Noir: The Classics

Miami Noir: The Classics

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Their Eyes Were Watching God

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston

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Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick

Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick

Zora Neale Hurston

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I Love Myself When I Am Laughing... And Then Again When I Am Looking Mean and Impressive

I Love Myself When I Am Laughing... And Then Again When I Am Looking Mean and Impressive

Zora Neale Hurston

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I Love Myself When I Am Laughing... And Then Again When I Am Looking Mean and Impressive

I Love Myself When I Am Laughing... And Then Again When I Am Looking Mean and Impressive

Zora Neale Hurston

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High John de Conquer

High John de Conquer

Zora Neale Hurston

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Barracoon

Barracoon

Zora Neale Hurston

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Dust Tracks on a Road

Dust Tracks on a Road

Zora Neale Hurston

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A Teacher's Guide to Their Eyes Were Watching God

A Teacher's Guide to Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston, Amy Jurskis

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12 Common Core Essentials: Literature

12 Common Core Essentials: Literature

Harper Academic, Paulo Coelho, Neil Gaiman, Agatha Christie, Barbara Kingsolver, Richard Wright, Thomas C. Foster, Richmond Lattimore, Ray Bradbury, Zora Neale Hurston, Betty Smith

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Dust Tracks on a Road

Dust Tracks on a Road

Zora Neale Hurston

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Moses, Man of the Mountain

Moses, Man of the Mountain

Zora Neale Hurston

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Every Tongue Got to Confess

Every Tongue Got to Confess

Zora Neale Hurston

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Every Tongue Got to Confess

Every Tongue Got to Confess

Zora Neale Hurston

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Mules and Men

Mules and Men

Zora Neale Hurston

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Their Eyes Were Watching God

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston

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