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Dec 6, 2024 | 
aarp.org | Scott Turow |Zora Neale Hurston |Charmaine Wilkerson |Ada Calhoun
Melanie Lambrick Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Winter is the perfect time for getting cozy with a fuzzy blanket and a good read, and this season brings stacks of wonderful new ones. Among our picks below are a few novels and memoirs that I’ve already read and enjoyed, plus books that are either getting lots of early buzz in the publishing world or just sound intriguing.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
fivebooks.com | Mark Twain |William Faulkner |Zora Neale Hurston |Flannery O'Connor
How did you become interested in historical fiction set in the American South? I went to university in the United States. I wasn’t in the South; I was in Massachusetts, but I got very into Southern literature while I lived there. In my late teens and early twenties I was obsessed with the place, the literature, and the music as well. I read masses over that period of time, and periodically I revisit it.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
deepsouthmag.com | Zora Neale Hurston |Haley Roberts
The American Library Association is kicking off Banned Books Weeks 2024 as another wave of censorship and book bannings sweep across America. PEN America reports over 10,000 instances of banning between 2021 and 2023, spanning 41 states and 247 public school district – affecting over 1,500 titles. Due to increased political tensions and greater attention to banning, this movement only continues to grow.
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Aug 23, 2024 | 
electricliterature.com | Margaret Atwood |Zora Neale Hurston |Charles DICKENS
Humor The messy battle toward the presidency makes more sense as a work of fiction Riveting and unpredictable, the 2024 presidential campaign trail reads like a novel. You literally can’t make this shit up—but if someone could, it might be Charles Dickens. Here’s a six-week slice of election summer as written by 10 writers of classic fiction. McCarthy’s novel moves slowly, like Biden. The gray narrative follows his struggle to determine if stepping down from his candidacy is the right...
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
thebookseller.com | Melina Spanoudi |Zora Neale Hurston
You are viewing your 1 free article this month. Login to read more articles. Rights HQ, an imprint of HarperCollins, has acquired The Life of Herod the Great by Zora Neale Hurston. Editorial director Clare Gordon acquired UK and Commonwealth rights excluding Canada from Janice Suguitan at HarperCollins US – who will publish on the Amistad imprint – and the book will be published on 7th January 2025 in hardback, e-book and audiobook.
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Jun 28, 2024 | 
corriere.it | Zora Neale Hurston
I desideri degli uomini viaggiano a bordo di navi lontane. Per alcuni arrivano in porto con la marea. Per altri navigano in eterno all’orizzonte, mai fuori vista, mai in porto,finché chi sta di vedetta non distoglie gli occhi rassegnato, i suoi sogni sbeffeggiati a morte dal tempo. Tale è la vita degli uomini. Le donne… Be’, le donne dimenticano tutto quello che non vogliono ricordare, e ricordano tutto quello che non vogliono dimenticare. Il sogno è la verità.E si comportano di conseguenza.
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May 9, 2024 | 
charlestonlivingmag.com | Courtney Webb |Harper Lee |Zora Neale Hurston
With back-to-school season in full swing, books can be more plentiful than pumpkins this time of year but a truly good read can still be a rare treat. Why not opt out of the guesswork and instead indulge in a true literary southern gem? Whether it's your very first time reading these celebrated favorites or your most recent perusal these titles are some of the most cherished novels ever to be associated with the South.
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Feb 21, 2024 | 
news.temple.edu | James Baldwin |Zora Neale Hurston
According to the group PEN America, more than 30 states have banned books by Black authors, including classics such as The Color Purple and The Autobiography of Malcolm X. The same group reports that “books about race, racism or that feature characters of color” make up 30% of the titles that are being banned. Banning a book does not make it illegal to own, but it creates hurdles when it comes to locating that book in neighborhood bookstores and libraries.
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Feb 16, 2024 | 
natchitochestimes.com | Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston, a literary luminary of the Harlem Renaissance, left an indelible mark on American literature, carving a path as a novelist, anthropologist and folklorist.Born Jan. 7, 1891, in Notasulga, Alabama, Hurston’s journey unfolded against the backdrop of a racially charged America, yet she emerged as a fearless chronicler of the human experience.Hurston’s childhood was marked by… To access content, please login or purchase a subscription.
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Jan 23, 2024 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Zora Neale Hurston |Ibram X. Kendi |Chris Newell |Jonah Winter
by Zora Neale Hurston ; adapted by Ibram X. Kendi ; illustrated by Jazzmen Lee-Johnson ‧Scholar Kendi adapts Hurston’s account of one of the last survivors of the transatlantic slave trade. Among her many accomplishments, Hurston was a trained anthropologist, and one of her works of scholarship—based on interviews conducted in the late 1920s but not published until 2018—was the story of Cudjo Lewis, the last person to endure the Middle Passage.
