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Zora Neale Hurston

Born

in Notasulga, Alabama, The United States

January 07, 1891

Died

January 28, 1960

Website

https://www.zoranealehurston.com/

Genre

Fiction, Poetry, Memoir

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Novels, including Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937), and nonfiction writings of American folklorist Zora Neale Hurston give detailed accounts of African American life in the South.

In 1925, Hurston, one of the leaders of the literary renaissance, happening in Harlem, produced the short-lived literary magazine Fire!! alongside Langston Hughes and Wallace Thurman shortly before she entered Barnard College. This literary movement developed into the Harlem renaissance.

Hurston applied her Barnard ethnographic training to document African American folklore in her critically acclaimed book Mules and Men alongside fiction Their Eyes Were Watching God . She also assembled a folk-based performance dance group that recreated her Southern t ...more

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Average rating: 4.0 · 463,648 ratings · 32,612 reviews · 183 distinct works • Similar authors

	Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 386,922 ratings — published 1937 — 111 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" 4.05 avg rating — 32,812 ratings — published 2018 — 2 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 by Zora Neale Hurston, Maya Angelou (Introduction) 4.11 avg rating — 8,312 ratings — published 1942 — 116 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 — 6,422 ratings — published 1935 — 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
	Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance 3.97 avg rating — 5,007 ratings — published 2020 — 14 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 When I Am Looking Mean & Impressive by Zora Neale Hurston, Mary Helen Washington (Introduction), Alice Walker (Editor) 4.42 avg rating — 2,586 ratings — published 1979 — 14 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 3.98 avg rating — 2,547 ratings — published 1938 — 39 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 3.98 avg rating — 2,359 ratings — published 1934 — 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
	Moses, Man of the Mountain 3.98 avg rating — 1,763 ratings — published 1939 — 23 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
	Sweat by Zora Neale Hurston, Cheryl A. Wall (Editor), Roger D. Abrahams (Contributor) 4.02 avg rating — 1,639 ratings — published 1926 — 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

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