Zora! : the life of Zora Neal Hurston
by Fradin, Judith Bloom,
Print Book 2012 |
Available at 4 Libraries 4 of 7 copies |
Summary
Zora Neale Hurston was confident, charismatic, and determined to be extraordinary.
As a young woman, Hurston lived and wrote alongside such prominent authors as
Langston Hughes and Alain Locke during the Harlem Renaissance. But unfortunately,
despite writing the luminary work Their Eyes Were Watching God, she was always short
of money. Though she took odd jobs as a housemaid and as the personal assistant to
an actress, Zora often found herself in abject poverty. Through it all, Zora kept writing.
And though none of her books sold more than a thousand copies while she was alive,
she was rediscovered a decade later by a new generation of readers, who knew they
had found an important voice of American Literature.
As a young woman, Hurston lived and wrote alongside such prominent authors as
Langston Hughes and Alain Locke during the Harlem Renaissance. But unfortunately,
despite writing the luminary work Their Eyes Were Watching God, she was always short
of money. Though she took odd jobs as a housemaid and as the personal assistant to
an actress, Zora often found herself in abject poverty. Through it all, Zora kept writing.
And though none of her books sold more than a thousand copies while she was alive,
she was rediscovered a decade later by a new generation of readers, who knew they
had found an important voice of American Literature.
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Additional Information
Subjects |
Hurston, Zora Neale
-- Juvenile literature.
Hurston, Zora Neale. Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. African American authors -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Folklorists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography. African American authors -- Biography. African American women -- Biography. Folklorists -- United States -- Biography. |
Publisher | Boston :Clarion Books,2012 |
Other Titles | Life of Zora Neal Hurston |
Contributors |
Fradin, Dennis B.,
author |
Language |
English |
Description |
xi, 180 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
Bibliography Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-172) and index. |
ISBN | 9780547006956 0547006950 |
Other | Classic View |