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“You are dissipating your powers in things that have no real meaning.” Could the wasteland that is social media be summed up more perfectly?

There is a universality to Hurston’s vulnerability. “I wanted what they could not conceive of.
I could not reveal myself for lack of expression, and then for lack of hope of understanding, even if I could have found the words. I was not comfortable to have around. Strange things must have looked out of my eyes like Lazarus after his resurrection.”
There seems to be real loneliness in the examined life.

The beauty of Hurston’s writing pairs amazingly with the weight of the personal history she shares. It’s difficult to read at times because the pain is so eloquently expressed, but worth it.

“I wanted to be away from drabness and to stretch my limbs in some mighty struggle.”

Just getting started. I had to move this forward because it’s a library book and I feel pressure. I don’t like reading under pressure but hopefully I can get past it. I’m so interested in Hurston’s background after reading Their Eyes Were Watching God.