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PseudoPod 969: Spunk

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First published in Opportunity in 1925. When Hurston arrived in New York City in 1925, the Harlem Renaissance was at its zenith, and she soon became one of the writers at its center. Shortly before she entered Barnard, Hurston’s short story “Spunk” was selected for reprint in The New Negro, a landmark anthology of fiction, poetry, and essays focusing on African and African-American art and… Source

Southern GothicRevengeHistorical USA

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Ambiguous EndingFolk HorrorGuiltFreedomDreadSpeculative FictionTenseHorrorDarkGrief And LossLiteraryVoice DrivenCharacter Driven

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