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Hurston wasn’t drowning in the pelagic waters of tragedy; instead, she was refining the stories that ethnic groups had ...
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Zora Neale Hurston’s wit helped her throughout life
Zora Neale Hurston once fibbed about ... Throughout life, Hurston advocated for herself and “jumped at de’ sun,” like her ...
In 1928, Zora Neale Hurston traveled to Polk County, Florida to collect folklore. She ended up at a lumber camp, where African Americans from around the South worked long hours in difficult ...
Zora Neale Hurston has long been considered a literary giant of the Harlem Renaissance, but her anthropological and ethnographic endeavors were equally important and impactful. An in-depth ...
The Zoras will take place this year on October 17, kicking off a new tradition for the Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation Michael Nied has been a digital news editor with PEOPLE since 2025.