Reprint with new P.S section. Previously published: New York : HarperCollins, 1995. P.S. section includes: "In search of Zora Neale Hurston" by Alice Walker. Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-305).
Contents:
John Redding goes to sea -- Drenched in light -- Spunk -- Magnolia flower -- Muttsy -- Possum or Pig? -- The Eatonville anthology -- Sweat -- The gilded six-bits -- Mother Catherine -- Uncle Monday -- The fire and the cloud -- Cock Robin Beale Street -- Story in Harlem slang -- High John De Conquer -- Hurricane -- The conscience of the court -- Escape from Pharaoh -- The tablets of the law -- Black death -- The bone of contention -- Book of Harlem -- Harlem slanguage -- Now you cookin' with gas -- The seventh veil -- The woman in Gaul.
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