Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick Eight of the late Zora Neale Hurston's "lost" Harlem stories have been collected in Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick. Previously, these stories covering everything from gender politics to African American folk culture were tucked away in little-read publications. This collection brings the stories together and makes them available for a wider audience for the first time. Out Jan. 14 Image Source: Amazon.com