(1891-1960)
Novelist, anthropologist, folklorist, journalist and playwright, Hurston was a luminary of the Harlem Renaissance whose work captured the voices of Southern African Americans. She grew up in the all-black town of Eatonville, Florida, became a literary star in New York City and then disappeared from the scene in the late 1940s, a victim of changing tastes toward African American literature. Her masterpiece, Their Eyes Were Watching God, was out of print for nearly 40 years before being reissued in 1978. Now, it is a perennial best seller that has been called one of the finest American novels ever written. With that book, as well as Jonah’s Gourd Vine, Mules and Men and Dust Tracks on a Road, Hurston has found a loyal and loving audience among contemporary readers. In May 2018, Barracoon was released posthumously and became a New York Times best seller.
Books by Zora Neale Hurston
Mules and Men
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Dust Tracks on a Road
Tell My Horse
Jonah’s Gourd Vine
Moses, Man of the Mountain
Seraph on the Suwannee
Go Gator and Muddy The Water
Every Tongue Got to Confess
Barracoon
Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick