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While Alice Walker and Zora Neale Hurston are often linked together, few scholars have looked critically and systematically at what the two actually have in common. This study documents the many ways that Hurston has influenced Walker and demonstrates how Walker, by taking the best of Hurston and making it live in striking new ways, has accorded Hurston a literary immortality apart from that which Hurston earned in her own right. In so doing, Walker has also laid a solid foundation for her own literary reputation. Eleven African-American scholars have contributed their appraisals of this "common bond," concentrating on parallels between Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God and Walker's The Color Purple; and Walker's tribute to Hurston, "Zora Neale Hurston: A Cautionary Tale and a Partisan View," is reprinted. ... Read more

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Zora Neal Hurston was one of the great African-American writers of the twentieth century.Most of her short stories, novels, essays and plays celebrated the rich experience and culture of African-American people.This biography tell her story and how her perseverance and unique qualities continue to set examples today.Readers will be inspired to learn how Zora overcame adversity and hardships, while making her mark in the world of literature. ... Read more

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Acclaimed anthropologist, folklorist, and novelist Zora Neale Hurston traveled the back roads of the rural South, collecting stories from men, women, and children in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana so that the spirit and richness of the oral storytelling tradition could be shared and preserved. What's the Hurry, Fox? is a sampling of stories from Every Tongue Got To Confess, Ms. Hurston's third volume of folktales collected from the Gulf statesin the 1930s. They have been carefully adapted and shaped by National Book -- and Coretta Scott King Award#150;winning author Joyce Carol Thomas to appeal to the sensibilities of young readers. Caldecott Honor -- and Coretta Scott King Award-winning artist Bryan Collier adds his unique vision with collages that capture the rich heritage and rural community setting of the stories that are Ms. Hurston's legacy to us. ... Read more

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Classics Can Be Fun
Joyce Carol Thomas proves that classics can be fun in her adaptation of Zora Neale Hurston stories in WHAT'S THE HURRY, FOX?AND OTHER ANIMAL STORIES.The book contains a sampling of tales included in Hurston's Every Tongue Got To Confess.In addition to the title story, some of the collection includes "Why Buzzard Has No Home," "Why the Waves Have Whitecaps,"and "Why Donkey Has Long Ears."

Collier's illustrations lend themselves to the folksy theme throughout the book.I particularly enjoyed the fact that each stories illustrations have their own unique look and style.The stories in the collection are diverse, some will make you laugh out loud and others will make you say "hmmmm."WHAT'S THE HURRY, FOX? is a terrific, child-friendly introduction to a very important American literary figure.

Reviewed by Stacey Seay
of The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers

What's The Hurry Fox? :And other Animal Stories
What's The Hurry, Fox?: And Other Animal Stories, Collected by Zora Neale Hurston, Adapted By Joyce Carol Thomas, Illustrated by Bryan Collier

Why do dogs hate cats?Why do waves have whitecaps?Why is the fox in a hurry?

What's the Hurry, Fox? is a delightful and humorous picture book of porquoi tales. In the introduction to these tales, acclaimed children's author, Joyce Carol Thomas tells her young readers that the rich words in these stories, which were collected by Zora Neale Hurston in the 1930s, fell like "diamonds from the mouths of poor people."Thomas has skillfully and beautifully adapted these jewels so that any child who reads them will be both tickled and enchanted.Zora Neale Hurston, according to Thomas "willed us a legacy of laughter."Joyce Carol Thomas, in her own unique and signature way has adapted these stories "for a child's eye and ear."Additionally, the rich collages of Bryan Collier capture the spirit of rural storytelling tradition.What's the Hurry, Fox?: And Other Animal Stories should be in every child's library. ... Read more

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Out of print for decades, Hurston's works are again receiving the attention they deserve. Here is part of the Hurston legacy--six stories, and each one a gift to the listener, a celebration of the rich African-American culture. 2 cassettes. ... Read more

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This study, focusing on select novels by women writers of the African Diaspora, illustrates that a surprising degree of commonality exists among works with obvious geographical, cultural, and linguistics differences an affirmation of the philosophical essence of the Vodun religion as an antidote to Western spiritual and cultural moribundity. A close reading Zora Neale Hurston s "Their Eyes Were Watching God", Simone Schwarz-Bart s "Pluie et Vent sur Telum??e Miracle", and Paule Marshall s "Praisesong for the Widow", demonstrates the way in which these works allude to the Vodun pantheon and ancestor veneration in order to valorize a worldview that recognizes the interconnectedness of all living things, visible and invisible. This is accomplished by locating each novel within its socio-political context and developing African diasporic literary tradition wherein African-derived beliefs have become sources of cultural resistance. After this reconstruction, the author is able to explicate the representation and function of Vodun as it is employed by each of the authors under consideration. ... Read more

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Phenomenal Work!
This small yet powerful book challenges all of us, as Americans, to begin developing a truly United States. The writer uses Zora Neale Hurston's works to give us an example of how to bear witness to historical traumas and begin a long overdue healing process. This is a must read for anyone interested in culture, gender, and race studies!
Charles

PHENOMENAL WORK!!
This book is a must read for anyone interested in American culture, race relations, gender relations, and/or Zora Neale Hurston. The book is small but powerful. It has made me rethink my whole understanding of the process America needs to undergo in order to bring about true healing. Through her study of Husrton, the writer addresses many, many levels ofcontinued discontent in this country and suggests ways in which we can move to new and more sincere cross cultural relationship by awakening our national consciousness. Great text! ... Read more

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Lyons offers the biography of one of the greatest African-American woman writers, Zora Neale Hurston, who wrote Mules & Men and Their Eyes Were Watching God. "A necessary enhancement for any collection that wants to present the depth and diversity of black history."--School Library Journal, starred review. ... Read more

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HarperPerennial Modern Classic Trade Paperback Edition, copyright 2006 with 219 pgs. + 16 P.S. pages About the Author, About the Book and Read onlllMore by Zora Hurston. One of the most important work of twentieth century American literature, Zora Neale Hurston's beloved 1937 classic, is an enduring southern love story sparking with wit, beauty, and heartfelt wisdom. ... Read more

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In a major reinterpretation, Resisting History reveals that women, as subjects of writing and as writing subjects themselves, played a far more important role in shaping the landscape of modernism than has been previously acknowledged. Here Barbara Ladd offers powerful new readings of three southern writers who reimagined authorship between World War I and the mid1950s.Ladd argues that the idea of a "new woman"—released from some of the traditional constraints of family and community, more mobile, and participating in new contractual forms of relationality—precipitated a highly productive authorial crisis of gender in William Faulkner. As "new women" themselves, Zora Neale Hurston and Eudora Welty explored the territory of the authorial sublime and claimed, for themselves and other women, new forms of cultural agency. Together, these writers expose a territory of female suffering and aspiration that has been largely ignored in literary histories.In opposition to the belief that women’s lives, and dreams, are bound up in ideas of community and precontractual forms of relationality, Ladd demonstrates that all three writers—Faulkner in As I Lay Dying, Welty in selected short stories and in The Golden Apples, and Hurston in Tell My Horse—place women in territories where community is threatened or nonexistent and new opportunities for selfdefinition can be seized. And in A Fable, Faulkner undertakes a related project in his exploration of gender and history in an era of world war, focusing on men, mourning, and resistance and on the insurgences of the "masses"—the feminized "others" of History—in order to rethink authorship and resistance for a totalitarian age. Filled with insights and written with obvious passion for the subject, Resisting History challenges received ideas about history as a coherent narrative and about the development of U.S. modernism and points the way to new histories of literary and cultural modernisms in which the work of women shares center stage with the work of men.AUTHOR BIO: Barbara Ladd is an associate professor of English at Emory University and the author of Nationalism and the Color Line in George W. Cable, Mark Twain, and William Faulkner. ... Read more

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Zora Neale Hurston is considered one of the most controversial yet prominent figures associated with the Harlem Renaissance. This introductory study examines Hurston's contributions to that literary movement, as well as her role as mediator between the black and white worlds in which she lived. Readers will appreciate the clear presentation of the biographical facts of her life, as well as an overview of the issues and varying perceptions surrounding her literary achievements. ... Read more

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A historian hoping to reconstruct the social world of all-black towns or the segregated black sections of other towns in the South finds only scant traces of their existence. In Zora Neale Hurston and a History of Southern Life, Tiffany Ruby Patterson uses the ethnographic and literary work of Zora Neale Hurston to augment the few official documents, newspaper accounts, and family records that pertain to these places hidden from history. Hurston's ethnographies, plays, and fiction focused on the day-to-day life in all-black social spaces as well as "the Negro farthest down" in labor camps. Patterson shows how Hurston's work complements the fragmented historical record, using the folklore and stories to provide a full description of these people of these towns as active human subjects, shaped by history and shaping their private world. Beyond the view and domination of whites in these spaces, black people created their own codes of social behavior, honor, and justice. In Patterson's view Hurston renders her subjects faithfully and with respect for their individuality and endurance, enabling all people to envision an otherwise inaccessible world. ... Read more

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Outstanding
Tiffany Patterson has written a well documented piece on a very important figure in the African-American community.This is a must have for every American interested in the history, truth, pain, suffering, hopes and aspirations of the black community during this period. ... Read more

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Dive deep into the story of Zora Neale Hurston's life anywhere you go: on a plane, on a mountain, in a canoe, under a tree.Or grab a flashlight and read Shmoop under the covers.Shmoop's award-winning Biographies are now available on your Kindle. Shmoop eBooks are like having a trusted, fun, chatty, expert always by your side, no matter where you are (or how late it is at night).Shmoop Biographies offer fresh perspectives on great thinkers and doers. The biography includes a life story, family tree, resume of important works and accomplishments, jaw-dropping trivia and anecdotes, memorable quotes, and a timeline of formative events,Best of all, Shmoop's analysis aims to look at people from multiple points of view to give you the fullest understanding.After all, "there is no history, only histories" (Karl Popper). Experts and educators from top universities, including Stanford, UC Berkeley, and Harvard, have written guides designed to engage you and to get your brain bubbling. Shmoop is here to make you a better lover (of literature, history, life...) and to help you make connections to other historical moments, works of literature, current events, and pop culture. These learning guides will help you sink your teeth into the past.For more information, check out http://www.shmoop.com/biography ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History, 2nd ed., brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 1319 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.The Early Civilizations in the Americas Reference Library provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the regions of the American continents in which two of the world's first civilizations developed: Mesoamerica (the name for the lands in which ancient civilizations arose in Central America and Mexico) and the Andes Mountains region of South America (in present-day Peru and parts of Bolivia, northern Argentina, and Ecuador). In both regions, the history of civilization goes back thousands of years. ... Read more