Zora Neale Hurston
Author
Publisher
Turtle Island
Pub. Date
1984, ©1983.
Language
English
Description
The Sanctified Church is a collection of Hurston's ground-breaking essays on Afro-American folklore, legend, popular mythology, and, in particular, the unique spiritual character of the Soouthern Black Christian Church. Along with preserving the customs, music, speech, and humor of rural Black America, The Sanctified Church introduces us to such extraordinary figures as Mother Catherine, matriarchal founder of a highly personal Voodoo Christian sect;...
Author
Publisher
Turtle Island Foundation
Pub. Date
[1985]
Language
English
Description
"Remarkable for their immediacy of attention to the spoken rhythm and motion of life, SPUNK is a magnificent legacy from a writer whose work has sparked one of the major literary revivals of our time. These stories, many of which are collected here for the first time, focus on the rural Black community of Eatonville, Florida, and on Harlem during the height of the Harlem Renaissance. Hurston's characters run the gamut from vengeful lovers to conmen...
Author
Publisher
G.K. Hall
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
First published in 1942 at the crest of her popularity as a writer, this is Zora Neale Hurston's imaginative and exuberant account of her rise from childhood poverty in the rural South to a prominent place among the leading artists and intellectuals of the Harlem Renaissance. This is a book full of the wit and wisdom of a proud and spirited woman who started low and climbed high.
26) Magnolia Flower
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Born to parents who fled slavery and the Trail of Tears, Magnolia Flower is a girl with a vibrant spirit. Not to be deterred by rigid ways of the world, she longs to connect with others, who too long for freedom. She finds this in a young man of letters who her father disapproves of. In her quest to be free, Magnolia must make a choice and set off on a journey that will prove just how brave one can be when leading with one's heart.
Author
Publisher
Amistad Books for Young Readers, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Find out why butterflies were made in Zora Neale Hurston's stunning and layered African American folktale retold by #1 New York Times bestselling and National Book Award-winning author Ibram X. Kendi and illustrated by Kah Yangni"--
32) The six fools
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
A young man searches for three people more foolish than his fiancée and her parents.
33) Roy makes a car
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Roy Tyle, the best mechanic in the state of Florida, can clean spark plugs by just looking at them, and he takes a two-dollar bet that he can make an accident-proof car.
Author
Publisher
HarperPerennial
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
The only literary collaboration between Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, this play marked a turning point in African-American theater. This volume tells the story of the play's conception and inspiration and gives complete details of the irreparable rift in Hurston and Hughes's friendship that came about because of it. Also included is Hurston's short story, "Bone of Contention."
The play begins in Eatonville, Florida, on a Saturday afternoon...
Publisher
Kino Classics
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
None
Description
"In the early decades of cinema, some of the most innovative and celebrated filmmakers in America were women. Alice Guy-Blaché helped establish the basics of cinematic language, while others boldly continued its development: slapstick queen Mabel Normand (who taught Charlie Chaplin the craft of directing), action star Grace Cunard, and LGBTQ icon Alla Nazimova. Unafraid of controversy, filmmakers such as Lois Weber and Dorothy Davenport Reid tackled...
Series
Graphic classics ; 22
Publisher
Eureka
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"Twenty-three stories and poems by America's earliest black authors, illustrated by contemporary black artists including: authors, Langston Hughes [et al.]; adaptations, Alex Simmons, Christopher Priest, Mat Johnson; illustrators, Afua Richardson [et al.]"--Cover p. [4].
Publisher
Kino Classics
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Among the most fascinating chapters of film history is that of the so-called "race films" that flourished in the 1920s -'40s. Unlike the "black cast" films produced within the Hollywood studio system, these films not only starred African Americans but were funded, written, produced, edited, distributed, and often exhibited by people of color. Entrepreneurial filmmakers built an industry apart from the Hollywood establishment, cultivating visual and...
