From greatness to poverty and back for Florida's Zora Neale Hurston

Fame didn't always translate to fortune; Hurston never made even $1,000 on a single book. Later she was shunned for her ...
Tuko News on MSN

Zora actor Young Simba elated after passing KCSE exams: "Brains and talent"

Students' results for the 2025 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education reveal impressive achievements, including Young Simba ...
Jacobin on MSN

Jessica Mitford had every reason to side with power and refused

In twentieth-century Britain, the Mitford name became entangled with the rise of European fascism. On October 6, 1936, the most beautiful of the six sisters, Diana Guinness (née Mitford), married ...
The St. Augustine Record

Former residence of Zora Neale Hurston opens as a museum and hotel

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 ...
Orlando Sentinel

Righting a racist wrong: Zora finally takes the Annie Russell stage

Zora Neale Hurston, the celebrated Harlem Renaissance author, wanted to stage a play with an all-Black cast at Rollins College — just a stone’s throw from where she had grown up in Eatonville. The ...
NBC4 Columbus

Zora’s House to close Purple Door Cafe, reduce staff amid funding challenges

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Zora’s House, a Columbus nonprofit group dedicated to furthering community resources for women of color, announced Tuesday it’s closing its cafe and reducing staff amid ...
Benzinga.com

ZORA Token Debuts as Core of Dezora's Multi-Chain DeFi Ecosystem

Dezora is proud to announce the official launch of its native token, ZORA, which serves as the cornerstone of its rapidly expanding decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem. With its innovative ...
The Daily Northwestern

Zora’s Place creates space for Black expression and self-care in Evanston

Just weeks after L’Oreal Thompson Payton opened her bookstore, an older Black woman spoke five words that resonated with her: “I am proud of you.” In that moment, Thompson Payton realized her ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Zora Neale Hurston’s Forgotten Play Premieres on Stage for the First Time

Zora Neale Hurston posing outside of a cabin in Belle Glade, Florida, circa 1935 Lomax Collection / LOC / PhotoQuest / Getty Images Nearly a century after it was completed, a Zora Neale Hurston play ...
Variety

Gwyneth Paltrow Slams ‘Gwyneth: The Biography’ as ‘Rubbish’ and Shades the Author: ‘It’s Very Sexist… Why Do the Men Get Walter Isaacson and I Get This Hack?’

“She totally missed everything, the truth of who I am, what my impact is,” Paltrow told British Vogue about Odell’s biography, noting that she did not personally read it but her husband, Brad Falchuk, ...
WFTV

Zora! Festival will return with new theme, attractions

EATONVILLE, Fla. — The Zora! Festival, celebrating author Zora Neale Hurston, is entering a new phase. Organizers just announced a patriotic theme and confirmed the festival will return to the ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Gwyneth Paltrow Says Unauthorized Biography Is “All Rubbish” and “Very Sexist”

Of ‘Gwyneth: The Biography,’ the book written by Amy Odell in which Paltrow was not involved, the Oscar winner said it “totally missed everything, the truth of who I am.” By McKinley Franklin Gwyneth ...