| Edition |
Unabridged. |
| Description |
7 audio discs (9 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
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optical rdarm |
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audio file rdaft |
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CD audio |
| Note |
Compact discs. |
| Performer |
Performed by Aunjanue Ellis. |
| Summary |
A 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. |
| Contents |
John Redding goes to sea -- The conversion of Sam -- A bit of our Harlem -- Drenched in light -- Spunk -- Magnolia flower -- Black death -- The bone of contention -- Muttsy -- Sweat -- Under the bridge -- 'Possum or pig? -- The Eatonville anthology -- Book of Harlem -- The book of Harlem -- The back room -- Monkey junk -- The country in the woman -- The gilded six-bits -- She rock -- The fire and the cloud. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Fiction.
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Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.
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FICTION / Short Stories (single author).
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FICTION / African American / Historical.
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FICTION / African American / Women.
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LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Women Authors.
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FICTION / African American / General.
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| Genre/Form |
Audiobooks.
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Short stories.
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Short stories.
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| Added Author |
Ellis, Aunjanue, narrator.
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Jones, Tayari, writer of foreword.
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West, Margaret Genevieve, editor, writer of introduction.
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| Added Title |
Short stories. Selections
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| ISBN |
9781094105956 (sound recording ; Blackstone Library CD) |
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1094105953 (sound recording ; Blackstone Library CD) |
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9781094105963 (sound recording ; Blackstone Retail CD) |
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1094105961 (sound recording ; Blackstone Retail CD) |
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