Literary Fiction
Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick
2021·304 pages
Harlem Renaissance short stories on love, migration, race, gender, and class, blending satire with cultural insight.
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Harlem Renaissance short stories on love, migration, race, gender, and class, blending satire with cultural insight.
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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 'Genius' Alice Walker 'Rigorous, convincing, dazzling' Zadie Smith on Their Eyes Were Watching God In 1925, college student Zora Neale Hurston - the sole black student at Barnard College, New York - was living in the city, 'desperately strivin...
What's Inside
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Romance & sex
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Stories center on romantic relationships, love, and gender dynamics in daily life.
Violence & gore
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Brief conflicts and hardships appear but lack graphic detail.
Profanity
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Period dialect and mild strong language used sparingly.
Substance use
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Social drinking occurs in background settings.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQ+ characters or themes depicted.
Religious content
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Folk spirituality and cultural rituals recur throughout.
Magic & witchcraft
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Folk magic and conjure elements appear in select tales.
Occult / demonology
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No evidence found in available sources
Political content
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Racism, sexism, class, and migration form central themes.
Self-harm / suicide
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No evidence found in available sources
Abuse & suffering
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Systemic racism, sexism, and personal hardships depicted.
Other
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