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Interview with Zora

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Saturday, May 17, 2016

Vol XCIII, No. 311

Published books by Zora Hurston

Getting to know Zora Hurston

  • The Three Witches
  • Lies and Other Tall Talls
  • The complete stories
  • Their eyes were watching god
  • Every tongue got to confess
  • Dust tracks on a Road
  • Tell My Horse
  • Mule Bone
  • Jonah's Gourd Vine
  • Moses, Man of the Mountain
  • Seraph on the Sewanee
  • Mules and Men
  • What's the Hurry Fox
  • The six fools

Biography

Photos of Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston was born in Notasulga, Alabama on January 7, 1891. Hurston was the daughter of two former slaves. Her father John Hurston, who was a pastor, and mother Lucy Ann Hurston. When Zora was very young her father moved the family to Florida. Her mother soon died when Zora was thirteen year old. Following her mother’s death she lived with an assortment of family members over the next few years. Into her early adulthood, Hurston began studying at different university and collecting folklores from the South. In 1921, she publishes her first story “John Redding Goes to Sea” In 1937, “Their Eyes Were Watching God” was published, which was one of Hurston top be selling books. Hurston continued to publish many books including children folklores. After a false accusation and her criticism of 1955 U.S Supreme Court decision in Brown v Board of Education hurt her career as a writer. On January 28, 1960, Zora died and buried in Fort Pierce, Florida.

Love, I find, is like singing. Everybody can do enough to satisfy themselves, though it may not impress the neighbors as being very much

Interview Questions

Interview Questions

-Hello, can you please tell me your name?

-My name is Zora Neale Hurston

-How are you doing today Ms.Hurston?

-Im doing well today

-What day and where were you born

-I was born on January 7, 1891 in Notasulga, Alabama

-Where were you raised at?

- I was raised in Eatonville, Florida which is known as one of the first all black communites.

- Were a lot of your writings based on Eatonville?

-No i gathered folklores from all over the South, but many of my writings setting was based on Eatonville

-What really started your career as a author?

-I have always wrote but while attending Howard University a group named Stylus helped me and many ways.

-How did you feel when you published your first story "John Redding Goes to Sea"?

-I was overjoyed and so excited. Not many black women stories were being published or even recognized for their work.

-I understand you did a lot of work about mules because you believed they were very important to you, why did you study voodoo?

-I studied voodoo because my mother believed in voodoo. Studying voodoo made me believe she'll always be with me

When Langston Hughes and yourself were close friends, you created a literary journal "Fire". Can you please tell us about that.

-"Fire" was for the work of young thriving black artist. We discussed different issues as homosexuality, jazz and black ideals of beauty.

-Can you tell me how you feel about a black life as a stereotype

- I will not be conformed to expectations of my blackness by others. I am myself and i enjoy and love myself.

-Is there anything you would like to say to Alice Walker?

I will like to thank ms walker. People probably wouldn't know much of my work and contributes to modern literacy and Harlem Renaissance

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