In the soon-to-be-published “The Life of Herod the Great,” Zora Neale Hurston reframes one of the Bible’s greatest villains. Over 60 years after her death, Zora Neale Hurston’s writing still astounds ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Portraying him within this vivid and dynamic world of antiquity, little known to modern readers, Hurston’s unfinished manuscript ...

‘The Life of Herod the Great’ is an unfinished manuscript from the author, who died in 1960 Courtesy of Barbara Hurston Lewis, Faye Hurston, and Lois Gaston; Akindele John/Stephen Brayda/HarperCollins ...

An in-depth look at the life of influential author and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston, whose work reclaimed and honored Black life. 9pm Thursday ZORA NEALE HURSTON: CLAIMING A SPACE - Documentary - ...

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 ...

Zora Neale Hurston was a philosemite. She believed that the Jews had been victims of stereotyping that started with Moses and that was promoted by the Bible and fed to children in Sunday school. Among ...

In the 1920s and ’30s, Zora Neale Hurston was the sharp-witted belle of the Harlem Renaissance. She was the flamboyant, mocking rebel among Harlem’s Black literary creatives as well as a trained, ...

The essence of Zora Neale Hurston, one of the most influential figures of the Harlem Renaissance, comes vibrantly to life in Zora! See photos from the production below. The play by Laurence Holder ...

Try this short quiz on books that arrived after their authors departed. By J. D. Biersdorfer Although her books, written in the dialect of the Deep South, established her as one of the foremost ...

The Zora Neale Hurston Trust held the inaugural Zora Neale Hurston Summit on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 on Barnard’s campus in honor of Hurston’s “life, legacy, and work” as a writer and anthropologist. The ...

Subtitled “Through the Eyes of Zora: Stories, Research and Reflections,” this free event at the downtown public library will bring Eatonville’s favorite daughter to vivid life through readings of her ...

A new documentary about Valerie Boyd, the acclaimed biographer of Zora Neale Hurston, will be screened this Saturday at the Tara theater in Atlanta as part of the BronzeLens Film Festival. Called ...