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Zora Neale Hurston

Born

in Notasulga, Alabama, The United States

January 07, 1891

Died

January 28, 1960

Website

http://www.zoranealehurston.com/

Genre

Fiction, Poetry, Memoir

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Zora Neale Hurston was an American folklorist and author. In 1925, shortly before entering Barnard College, Hurston became one of the leaders of the literary renaissance happening in Harlem, producing the short-lived literary magazine Fire!! along with Langston Hughes and Wallace Thurman. This literary movement became the center of the Harlem Renaissance.

Hurston applied her Barnard ethnographic training to document African American folklore in her critically acclaimed book Mules and Men along with fiction Their Eyes Were Watching God and dance, assembling a folk-based performance group that recreated her Southern tableau, with one performance on Broadway.

Hurston was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to travel to Haiti and conduct research on ...more

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Zora Neale Hurston’s books

Average rating: 3.95 · 305,272 ratings · 17,855 reviews · 232 distinct works • Similar authors

	Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.93 avg rating — 259,067 ratings — published 1937 — 188 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" 4.06 avg rating — 17,618 ratings — published 2018 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dust Tracks on a Road 4.11 avg rating — 5,882 ratings — published 1942 — 220 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mules and Men 4.10 avg rating — 5,208 ratings — published 1935 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Love Myself When I Am Laughing... And Then Again: A Zora Neale Hurston Reader by Zora Neale Hurston, Mary Helen Washington (Introduction), Alice Walker (Editor) 4.43 avg rating — 2,389 ratings — published 1979 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jonah's Gourd Vine 3.99 avg rating — 1,856 ratings — published 1934 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica 3.97 avg rating — 1,824 ratings — published 1938 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance by Zora Neale Hurston, Genevieve West (editor/introduction), Tayari Jones (Goodreads Author) (foreword) 3.93 avg rating — 1,391 ratings — published 2020 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moses, Man of the Mountain 3.96 avg rating — 1,168 ratings — published 1939 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Stories by Zora Neale Hurston, Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Introduction & Afterword), Sieglinde Lemke (Introduction) 4.25 avg rating — 920 ratings — published 1995 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Zora Neale Hurston

“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.”
― Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

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“Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.”
― Zora Neale Hurston

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“I love myself when I am laughing. . . and then again when I am looking mean and impressive.”
― Zora Neale Hurston, I Love Myself When I Am Laughing... And Then Again: A Zora Neale Hurston Reader

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Polls

Voting is now open for our January Classical read. Voting will stay open until December 15th, 2018 and the winning book will be announced on December 16th, 2018.

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

23 votes, 30.7%

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

10 votes, 13.3%

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

8 votes, 10.7%

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

7 votes, 9.3%

The Warden by Anthony Trollope

6 votes, 8.0%

A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

5 votes, 6.7%

The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

4 votes, 5.3%

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

3 votes, 4.0%

Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens

3 votes, 4.0%

The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham

2 votes, 2.7%

Pilgrim's Promise by John Bunyan

2 votes, 2.7%

The Exploits and Adventures of Brigadier Gerard by Arthur Conan Doyle

1 vote, 1.3%

Sylvia's Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell

1 vote, 1.3%

Time of Hope by C.P. Snow

0 votes, 0.0%

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