hurston, zora neale

Dramatizes the life and career of novelist Zora Neale Hurston whose writings provided insights into African-American life in the 1930s and 1940s.

An account by the American author of her rise to a place of prominence among American writers.

A study of the lives and works of women writers who practiced their art during the Harlem Renaissance of the early twentieth century, focusing on African-American authors Jessie Fauset, Nella Larsen, and Zora Neale Hurston.

Recounts how the young Zora Hurston's memories of how her mother encouraged her to climb a chinaberry tree, to listen, and to dream enabled her to cope with her mother's death.

A biography of the writer whose works captured the oral tradition of African-American life in the South.

Profiles Zora Neale Hurston, whose childhood love of stories led her to a successful career as a folklorist and author of poems, novels, short stories, and plays.

A first-hand account of her life by novelist and anthropologist, Zora Neale Hurston, and focuses on her childhood, family, education, religion, and relationships.

Profiles the African American author, discussing her childhood, struggle for education, and career as a novelist and folklorist.