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Barracoon: The Story of the Last Slave by Zora Neale Hurston
Category: Biography
From the author of the American classic, Their Eyes Were Watching God, this work brilliantly illuminates the horror and injustices of slavery as it tells the true story of the last known survivor of the Atlantic slave trade - illegally smuggled from Africa on the last "Black Cargo" ship to America. The ...Show more
Barracoon: the Story of the Last Slave by Zora Neale Hurston
Category: Biography
Abducted from Africa, sold in America. "A deeply affecting record of an extraordinary life"- Daily Telegraph A major literary event: a newly published work from the author of the American classic Their Eyes Were Watching God, with a foreword from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker. The true s ...Show more
Dust Tracks on a Road by Zora Neale Hurston; Jesmyn Ward (Introduction by)
Category: Biography | Series: Virago Modern Classics Ser.
With a new introduction by JESMYN WARD 'Zora Neale Hurston was a knockout in her life, a wonderful writer and a fabulous person. Devilishly funny and academically solid: delicious mixture' MAYA ANGELOU First published in 1942 at the height of her popularity, Dust Tracks on a Road is Zora Neale Hurston ...Show more
Dust Tracks on a Road by Zora Neale Hurston
Category: Biography Memoir | Series: P.S.
"I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows with a harp and a sword in my hands." First published in 1942 at the crest of her popularity, this is Zora Neale Hurston's unrestrained account of her rise from childhood poverty in ...Show more
Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick by Zora Neale Hurston
Category: Short Stories
From 'one of the greatest writers of our time' (Toni Morrison) - the author of Their Eyes Were Watching God and Barracoon - a collection of remarkable short stories from the Harlem Renaissance With a foreword by Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage 'Genius' Alice Walker 'Rigorous, convincing, ...Show more
Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick - Stories from the Harlem Renaissance by Zora Neale Hurston
Category: Short Stories
From "one of the greatest writers of our time" (Toni Morrison)--the author of Barracoon and Their Eyes Were Watching God--a collection of remarkable stories, including eight "lost" Harlem Renaissance tales now available to a wide audience for the first time. New York Times' Books to Watch forBuzzfeed's ...Show more
Jonah's Gourd Vine by Zora Neale Hurston
Category: Fiction
A story of love and community, written by the hand of Zora Neale Hurston, one of the 20th century's greatest authors, and a woman who truly understands her characters' motivations. This modern classic edition of Jonah's Gourd Vine features an updated cover and a P.S. section which includes insights, int ...Show more
Jonah's Gourd Vine by Zora Neale Hurston; Jesmyn Ward (Introduction by)
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Virago Modern Classics Ser.
With a new introduction by JESMYN WARD Born on the wrong side of the creek, John Buddy Pearson, the son of a slave, has come a long way since his shoeless days. With some schooling, a job and marriage to clever Lucy Potts, his fortunes are looking up. But, unable to resist the lure of women or a fight, ...Show more
Lies and Other Tall Tales by Zora Neale Hurston
Category: Children's
These tales are so tall they touch the sky! From Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Honor artist Christopher Myers and Zora Neale Hurston. While traveling in the Gulf States in the 1930s, Zora Neale Hurston collected and recorded some real whoppers told by folks from all walks of life. Not "dog ate ...Show more
Magnolia Flower by Zora Neale Hurston; Loveis Wise (Illustrator); Ibram X. Kendi
Category: Picture Books
From beloved African American folklorist Zora Neale Hurston comes a moving adaptation by National Book Award winner and #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist and Antiracist Baby, Ibram X. Kendi. Magnolia Flower follows a young Afro Indigenous girl who longs for freedom and is g ...Show more
Tell My Horse Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica by Zora Neale Hurston
Category: Languages and Reference | Series: P. S. Ser.
Based on acclaimed author Zora Neale Hurston's personal experiences in Haiti and Jamaica—where she participated as an initiate rather than just an observer during her visits in the 1930s—Tell My Horse is a fascinating firsthand account of the mysteries of Voodoo. An invaluable resource and remarkable gu ...Show more
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Henry Louis (AFT) Edwidge (FRW); Gates Zora Neale; Danticat Hurston
Category: Fiction | Series: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
With a Foreword by Edwidge Danticat and an Afterword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.One of the most important works of twentieth-century American literature, Zora Neale Hurston's beloved 1937 classic, Their Eyes Were Watching God, is an enduring Southern love story sparkling with wit, beauty, and heartfelt wi ...Show more