I Love Myself When I Am Laughing And Then Again When I Am Loo... by Zora Neale Hurston

'This book may be one of the best ‘starters’ for reading Hurston because it includes excerpts of her novels, short stories, essays, reportage, and folktales. Her creativity, drive to follow her curiosity, and tenacity in telling the truth can be seen in all of her work this is a welcome new edition of one of the best collections of an author’s writing out there.” -LitHub Zora Neale Hurston, who left her Florida home at 14 to become a maid, became instead part of the Harlem Renaissance and one of Americas most prolific black. Hurston’s work is broad in scope while also embodying detail. is a veritable trove of one of the most engaging and vital writers of the 21st century.

should give momentum to the rediscovery of Hurston as 'the intellectual and spiritual foremother of a generation of black women writers.'' - Washington Post Book Review 'Through Hurston, the soul of the black South gained one of its most articulate interpreters.' - The New York Times Book Review

“One of the greatest writers of our time.” -Toni Morrison A testament to the power and breadth of Hurston’s oeuvre, the newest edition of this enduring text remains as vital as ever for readers today. and Then Again when I Am Looking Mean and Impressive: A Zora Neale Hurston Reader, p.155, Feminist Press at CUNY 284 Copy quote If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.

Her work fell into obscurity until the 1970s, when Alice Walker rediscovered Hurston’s unmarked grave and anthologized her writing, establishing her as an intellectual leader for future generations of black writers. and then again when I am looking mean and impressive by Zora Neale Hurston. 'Through Hurston, the soul of the black South gained one of its most articulate interpreters.A Feminist Press classic, reissued forty years later.ĭuring her lifetime, Zora Neale Hurston was praised for her writing but condemned for her independence and audacity. and then again when I am looking mean and impressive Item Preview. A testament to the power and breadth of Hurston's oeuvre, this edition-newly reissued for the Feminist Press's fiftieth anniversary-features a new preface by Walker. And Then Again When I Am Looking Mean and Impressive established Hurston as an intellectual leader for future generations of black writers. Her work fell into obscurity until the 1970s, when Alice Walker rediscovered Hurston's unmarked grave and anthologized her writing in this groundbreaking collection for the Feminist Press. The foundational, classic anthology that revived interest in the author of Their Eyes Were Watching God-'one of the greatest writers of our time'-and made her work widely available for a new generation of readers (Toni Morrison).ĭuring her lifetime, Zora Neale Hurston was praised for her writing but condemned for her independence and audacity.

I Love Myself When I Am Laughing And Then Again When I Am Loo... by Zora Neale Hurston