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Every Tongue Got to Confess
Every Tongue Got to Confess: Negro Folk-tales from the Gulf States | Zora Neale Hurston
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Every Tongue Got to Confess is an extensive volume of African American folklore that Zora Neale Hurston collected on her travels through the Gulf States in the late 1920s. The bittersweet and often hilarious tales -- which range from longer narratives about God, the Devil, white folk, and mistaken identity to witty one-liners -- reveal attitudes about faith, love, family, slavery, race, and community. Together, this collection of nearly 500 folktales weaves a vibrant tapestry that celebrates African American life in the rural South and represents a major part of Zora Neale Hurston's literary legacy.
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Plaidsticks
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Bailedbailed

Would‘ve finished if a digital copy/text formate, but with the combination of my crappy car speakers garbling the narrators and the frequent use of the n-word (used in proper historial context, I just have young kids in the car and don‘t want them to be learn/become desensitized to the word), had to bail. Have re-added to reading list to read-read later. #audiobook

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Merchgal
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RealBooks4ever
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I love this collection of folktales! #FablesAndFolklore #UncannyOctober

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Jas16
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Mehso-so

I really wanted to love this one but I am not sure I would have finished it if it weren't a #litsyatoz pick.

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Jas16
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My apartment is small so while I do have book shelves I have had to use my kitchen cupboards as additional book storage. And I wonder why I sometimes forget what I own?#shelfies #riotgram

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Jas16
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Starting this one tonight. I bought it over ten years ago and have never gotten around to it so I made it my H in #litsyatoz. #allisnotlost

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April
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Starting my research project on Zora Neal Hurston's folktales. 👏🏻

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