Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960)
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Biography

Zora Neal Hurston
Biography, criticism, selected bibliography;
from Voices from the Gaps
Zora Neale Hurston
Stories, essays other information
site has "pop-ups"
Zora Neal Hurston biographer Carla Kaplan discusses the Harlem Renaissance writer
Interview with Carla Kaplan, editor of Zora Neal Hurston,
A Life in Letters; from Jerry Jazz Musician

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Bibliography

Zora Neale Hurston. Bibliography
Malaspina Great Books
Links to sources where Hurston's books can be purchased

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E-Texts

Zora Neale Hurston
Several quotations from Hurston's works
Zora Neale Hurston, American Author
Introduction to her writings; links to her works;
by Tim Gallaher, USC
Mule Bone
Three act play by Hurston and Langston Hughes. Composer/performer Taj Mahal. RealAudio of Hey, Hey Blues available
Excerpt. Mules and Men
Spunk
From Poetry and Prose of the Harlem Renaissance
Excerpt. Their Eyes Were Watching God
Excerpt, including RealAudio

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Lesson Plans

Reading and Writing the Autobiography with a Study of Zora Neale Hurston
Unit plan by Marie Patricia Casey. Junior classes (middle or low groups). From Yale New Haven Lesson Plans
Black Onyx: Black Folktales
Unit plan by Gail Staggers. African American Folktales, Black Literature, Grades 9 - 12. From Yale New Haven Lesson Plans
Folktales of Zora Neale Hurston
Literature or American History, grades 6-12. From Yale New Haven Lesson Plans
Folktales of Zora Neale Hurston
Curriclum unit by Mary Ellen Riccio; Grades 6-12, literature or
American history. From Yale New Haven

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Criticism

Conjured Into Being: Zora Neal Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God
By Rita Hooks. Criticism and discussion
Zora Neale Hurston
Discusses references to voodoo in Hurston's work
Critical Reviews. Sweat
Critiques of Sweat. Reviewers are named but no other information provided
Social Criticism and Prophesy in Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God
Wired for Books
RealAudio. From Ohio State University. Hear discussion by university professors of Their Eyes Were Watching God. Hard copy transcripts are available at Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston: Affirmation and Transcendence
By James A. Mercado. Princeton University. Discussion of Hurston's relationship to the Harlem Renaissance writers

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ERIC Resources

Zora Neale Hurston: A Storyteller's Life. Unsung Americans
Gender and Ambition: Zora Neale Hurston in the Harlem Renaissance
"Sis Cat" as Ethnographer: Self-Presentation and Self-Inscription in Zora Neale Hurston's "Mules and Men"
Celebrating the Black Female Self: Zora Neale Hurston's American Classic
"Sisters Under the Skin": Race and Gender in Zora Neale Hurston's "Tell My Horse"
"Narrative Strategies in Zora Neale Hurston's "Dust Tracks on a Road"""
Addressing Race, Class, and Gender in Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Are Watching God": Strategies and Reflections
Into the Mainstream without Drowning
Sweet Words So Brave: The Story of African American Literature
Portraits of Outstanding African American Women, Grades 4-8+
The Tripartite Plight of African American Womenas Reflected in the Novels of Hurston and Walker
African Americans. [Multicultural Studies for Grades 3-4; Reproducible Workbook]
Teaching American Ethnic Literatures; Nineteen Essays
Jump Up and Say! A Collection of Black Storytelling
Expanding the Canon: Bridges to Understanding. Articles from "English Journal," 1987-89
Critical Theory and the Teaching of Literature: Politics, Curriculum and Pedagogy
Literary Criticism and the Teaching of Literature: A Teacher's Sourcebook

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Other Resources

Zora Neal Hurston Festival of the Arts

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