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Biography and works of Zora Neale Hurston, an African American novelist, folklorist and anthropologist died in obscurity and poverty. Among other works, she wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Zora Neale Hurston
A biography of Zora Neale Hurston, African American writer and author of such books as Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Zora Neale Hurston Quotes
Quotes by Zora Neale Hurston - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
Bibliography
Exhaustive listing of print resources by and about Hurston. This includes biographies, children's books, study guides, large-print books, etc. Also includes non-print media.
Biography: Anthropologist
This biography looks at Hurston the anthropologist who studied at Barnard and Columbia under Franz Boaz. Credits Alice Walker with Hurston's recent revival.
Biography: Zora Neale Hurston
A biography, with bibliographic sources listed.
Moses: Man of the Mountains - Cover
Graphic of the cover of one of Hurston's books, seeing Moses as a "voodoo man."
"My Most Humiliating Jim Crow Experience"
Huston describes a visit to a white physician. This page summarizes and comments on the short piece by Hurston.
PAL: Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960)
Bibliography and study questions.
"Spunk"
Hurston's 1925 story.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Summary and commentary on the novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God.

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