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- Their Eyes Were Watching God, 1990 - Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) was a multi-genre writer and anthropologist who focused on the African diaspora in the American South and the Caribbean. Hurston incorporated both autobiographical elements and her anthropological fieldwork into her fiction; for example, <em>Their Eyes Were Watching God</em> is set in Eatonville, Florida, one of the first self-governing, all-Black communities in the U.S. and Hurston's hometown.
- 1990
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Their Eyes Were Watching God, 1990
Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) was a multi-genre writer and anthropologist who focused on the African diaspora in the American South and the Caribbean. Hurston incorporated both autobiographical elements and her anthropological fieldwork into her fiction; for example, Their Eyes Were Watching God is set in Eatonville, Florida, one of the first self-governing, all-Black communities in the U.S. and Hurston's hometown.
- "Mule Bone: A Comedy of Negro Life," 1991 - Although Harlem Renaissance writers Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston wrote <em>Mule Bone</em> in 1930 and 1931, the play was not produced until 1991, decades after their deaths. Hughes and Hurston were friends and respected colleagues when they began the project, but the two fell out during the writing process due to an authorship dispute.
- 1991
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"Mule Bone: A Comedy of Negro Life," 1991
Although Harlem Renaissance writers Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston wrote Mule Bone in 1930 and 1931, the play was not produced until 1991, decades after their deaths. Hughes and Hurston were friends and respected colleagues when they began the project, but the two fell out during the writing process due to an authorship dispute.
- Jonah's Gourd Vine, 1990 - Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) was a multi-genre writer and anthropologist who focused on the African diaspora in the American South and the Caribbean. Hurston incorporated both autobiographical elements and her anthropological fieldwork into her fiction; for example, <em>Jonah’s Gourd Vine</em> is set in Eatonville, Florida, one of the first self-governing, all-Black communities in the U.S. and Hurston's hometown.
- 1990
- Collections - Artifact
Jonah's Gourd Vine, 1990
Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) was a multi-genre writer and anthropologist who focused on the African diaspora in the American South and the Caribbean. Hurston incorporated both autobiographical elements and her anthropological fieldwork into her fiction; for example, Jonah’s Gourd Vine is set in Eatonville, Florida, one of the first self-governing, all-Black communities in the U.S. and Hurston's hometown.