{"product_id":"hitting-a-straight-lick-with-a-crooked-stick-stories-from-the-harlem-renaissance-9780062915795","title":"Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom \"one of the greatest writers of our time\" (Toni Morrison)--the author of \u003cem\u003eBarracoon\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTheir Eyes Were Watching God\u003c\/em\u003e--a collection of remarkable stories, including eight \"lost\" Harlem Renaissance tales now available to a wide audience for the first time.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew York Times' Books to Watch for\u003cbr\u003e Buzzfeed's Most Anticipated Books\u003cbr\u003e Newsweek's Most Anticipated Books\u003cbr\u003e Forbes.com's Most Anticipated Books\u003cbr\u003e E 's Top Books to Read\u003cbr\u003e Glamour's Best Books \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEssence's Best Books by Black Authors\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHurston, Zora Neale:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eZora Neale Hurston was a novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist. An author of four novels (\u003cem\u003eJonah's Gourd Vine\u003c\/em\u003e, 1934; \u003cem\u003eTheir Eyes Were Watching God\u003c\/em\u003e, 1937; \u003cem\u003eMoses, Man of the Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e, 1939; and \u003cem\u003eSeraph on the Suwanee\u003c\/em\u003e, 1948); two books of folklore (\u003cem\u003eMules and Men\u003c\/em\u003e, 1935, and \u003cem\u003eTell My Horse\u003c\/em\u003e, 1938); an autobiography (\u003cem\u003eDust Tracks on a Road\u003c\/em\u003e, 1942); and over fifty short stories, essays, and plays. She attended Howard University, Barnard College and Columbia University, and was a graduate of Barnard College in 1927. She was born on January 7, 1891, in Notasulga, Alabama, and grew up in Eatonville, Florida. She died in Fort Pierce, in 1960. In 1973, Alice Walker had a headstone placed at her gravesite with this epitaph: \"Zora Neale Hurston: A Genius of the South.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amistad Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50643225116946,"sku":"9780062915795","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a817a265-024e-4e4a-a276-4994f8df5ac5.jpg?v=1733080807","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hitting-a-straight-lick-with-a-crooked-stick-stories-from-the-harlem-renaissance-9780062915795","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}