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Hitting a Straight Lick With a Crooked Stick by Zora Neale Hurston

What it's about: Through a collection of powerful stories, Hitting a Straight Lick With a Crooked Stick: Stories From the Harlem Renaissance describes what it was like growing up in New York as the only Black person at Barnard College. This book touches on gender and class, racism and sexism, and so much more.

Hitting a Straight Lick With a Crooked Stick: Stories From the Harlem Renaissance by Zora Neale Hurston ($15)

Hitting a Straight Lick With a Crooked Stick by Zora Neale Hurston
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