Fame didn't always translate to fortune; Hurston never made even $1,000 on a single book. Later she was shunned for her ...
EDITOR'S NOTE: To celebrate Black History month, we will be reposting our series on African Americans who had a major impact on Florida. This story originally published in 2020. When Deputy Patrick ...
Elements of Hurston’s conservatism are also evident, but often overlooked, in her best-known work. Their Eyes Were Watching God traces the tumultuous life of Janie Crawford. At the age of 16, Janie’s ...
Until today, outside of a handful of scholars, the world had not seen Zora Neale Hurston's final novel, The Life of Herod The Great. Hurston, the accomplished Black writer, folklorist and ...
Quote of the day: Zora Neale Hurston holds a distinctive position in American literature. Trained as an anthropologist and driven by a storyteller’s sensibility, she dedicated her career to recording ...
A historic St. Augustine, Florida, residence where Zora Neale Hurston once wrote has been saved from demolition. The refurbished building, now called Zora’s Sojourn, features a museum and four ...
Nearly lost in a fire, Zora Neale Hurston's final novel, 'The Life of Herod the Great,' is out more than 60 years after her death. The novel... How Zora Neale Hurston's posthumous novel was rescued ...