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I love myself when I am laughing ... and then again when I am looking mean and impressive : a Zora Neale Hurston reader / edited by Alice Walker ; introduction by Mary Helen Washington.

Hurston, Zora Neale, (author.). Walker, Alice, 1944- (editor,, writer of front matter,, writer of afterword.). Washington, Mary Helen, (writer of introduction.).

Summary:

"Originally published in 1979, this reissued classic is a collection of Zora Neale Hurston's finest works, edited by Alice Walker. This anthology was the first to collect the works of Hurston, who was one of the most prolific writers of the Harlem Renaissance, and includes fiction, folklore, reportage, and personal essays"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781936932733
ISBN: 1936932733
Physical Description: xviii, 300 pages : portraits ; 23 cm
Edition: Fortieth anniversary edition.
Publisher: New York City : Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 2020.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

Note on the fortieth anniversary edition: Zora Neale Hurston : more than we knew / Alice Walker -- Dedication: On refusing to be humbled by second place in a contest you did not design : a tradition by now / Alice Walker -- Introduction: Zora Neale Hurston : a woman half in shadow / Mary Helen Washington -- 1. Autobiography, folklore and reportage. from Dust tracks on a road ; from Mules and men ; from Tell my horse -- 2. Essays and articles. How it feels to be colored me ; The "pet" Negro system ; My most humiliating Jim Crow experience ; Crazy for this democracy ; What white publishers won't print -- 3. Fiction. The Eatonville anthology ; from Jonah's gourd vine ; Sweat ; The gilded six-bits ; from Moses, man of the mountain ; from Their eyes were watching God -- Afterword: Looking for Zora / Alice Walker.