Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston

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Zora Neale Hurston was a writer and anthropologist, renowned for her novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God." Although recognized during her lifetime, her work gained significant acclaim posthumously. Her contributions to literature and anthropology have solidified her legacy as a pivotal figure in American culture.

Zora Neale Hurston's "Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick" is a collection of short stories from the Harlem Renaissance. These works vividly capture the essence of African American life during that era. The anthology showcases Hurston's keen insight into the cultural dynamics of the time.

Standalone Novels

Jonah's Gourd Vine

(1934)

Their Eyes Were Watching God

(1937)

Moses, Man of the Mountain

(1939)

Seraph on the Suwanee

(1948)

Barracoon

(2018)

The Life of Herod the Great

(2025)

Short Stories/Novellas

The Gilded Six-Bits

(1986)

Sweat

(1997)

The Mule-Bone

(2023)

Short Story Collections

Mules and Men

(1935)

I Love Myself When I Am Laughing... And Then Again

(1979)

Hurston Reader

(1979)

The Sanctified Church

(1981)

Spunk!

(1985)

The Complete Stories

(1995)

Novels and Stories

(1995)

Zora Neale Hurston: Stories

(1995)

Zora Neale Hurston: Plays

(1998)

Go Gator and Muddy the Water

(1999)

Every Tongue Got to Confess

(2001)

In Search of Our Sister's Garden

(2003)

What's the Hurry, Fox?

(2004)

The Skull Talks Back

(2004)(With: Joyce Carol Thomas)

Lies and Other Tall Tales

(2005)(With: Joyce Carol Thomas)

Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick

(2020)

I Love Myself When I Am Laughing... And Then Again When I Am Looking Mean and Impressive

(2020)

Bookmarks in the Pages of Life

(2020)

Collected Early Works

(2022)

Plays

Three Plays: Lawing and Jawing; Forty Yards; Woofing

(2009)

De Turkey an de Law

(2015)

Spunk: A Play

(2016)

Three Plays: Meet the Mamma, Color Struck and Spunk

(2022)

Color Struck

(2022)

Picture

The Three Witches

(2006)(With: Joyce Carol Thomas)

Magnolia Flower

(2022)(With: Ibram X. Kendi)

Non-Fiction

How It Feels to Be Colored Me

(1928)

Tell My Horse

(1938)

Dust Tracks on a Road

(1942)

Folklore, Memoirs, and Other Writings

(1995)

Bottle Up and Go

(1995)

Complete Essays

(1997)

Collected Essays

(1998)

Zora Neale Hurston: A Life in Letters

(2002)(With: Carla Kaplan)

You Don't Know Us Negroes and Other Essays

(2022)(With: Henry Louis Gates,Genevieve West)

Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the Americas (MELA) (with Lin Yutang)

Chinatown Family

(1950)(By: Lin Yutang,C. Lok Chua)

Chinatown Family

(1950)(Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the Americas

Anthologies

The Saturday Review Gallery

(1959)

The Best Short Stories by Black Writers

(1967)

Louisiana Stories

(1990)

Florida Stories

(1993)

Writing Women's Lives

(1994)

Downhome

(1995)

The Prize Plays and Other One-Acts Published in Periodicals

(1996)

Writing New York

(1998)

The Messenger Reader Stories, Poetry, and Essays from The Messenger Magazine

(2000)

Mothers Through the Eyes of Women Writers

(2001)

Rotten English: A Literary Anthology

(2007)

Graphic Classics, Volume 22: African-American Classics

(2011)

Letters to Change the World: From Pankhurst to Orwell

(2018)

Genuine Black and White Magic of Marie Laveau

(2018)

American Midnight

(2019)

Miami Noir

(2020)

On Girlhood: 15 Stories from the Well-Read Black Girl Library

(2021)

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