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Fairfield students employ talents to interpret novel

Two Advanced Placement English teachers at Fairfield High School gave their students one question to contemplate for their book project - "What is the essence of the story?" The two senior AP classes recently finished "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston.

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Thu Dec 17, 2009

KQED

Listen online

Alan Lomax in Haiti In 1936, at the behest of writer Zora Neale Hurston, renowned ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax took a trip Haiti to document the music and rituals of everyday Haitians.

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Sun Dec 06, 2009

St. Petersburg Times

Sunday Journal: Mystery of Zora Neale Hurston inspires literary pilgrims

As an undergraduate I was under the tutelage of some terrific professors, many of them women.

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Related Topix: Vocal, The Color Purple, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Florida

Wed Dec 02, 2009

The Orlando Sentinel

Is there room for Zora in Eatonville's transformation?

Two decades ago, Eatonville used its link to Harlem Renaissance writer Zora Neale Hurston to get noticed by the world.

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Related Topix: Eatonville, FL, Vocal, African-American, Orlando Metro, Orlando, FL, Seminole County, FL

Sat Nov 21, 2009

CiteULike

Feminist Anthropology: A Reader

Abstract Feminist Anthropology: A Reader surveys the history of feminist anthropology, a field that was inspired by the womena s movement of the late 1960s and has since emerged at the forefront of efforts to make anthropology more responsive to the concerns of disempowered people around the globe.

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Mon Nov 16, 2009

Scotsman.com Living

Book review: Changing my mind - Occasional essays

Zadie Smith Hamish Hamilton, A 20 ALTHOUGH this collection of essays by Zadie Smith, one of the brightest and smartest contemporary British writers, is by turns incisive, poignant, mordant and beguiling, one overwhelming feature knits the dispar ate pieces together.

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hosted The Washington Post | The Washington Post

Food and folklore for those hungering after Hurston

In Eatonville the town (outside of Orlando, population 2,400), there are porches where stories are spun, so naturally there must be a 'porch' in Eatonville the restaurant (just off V Street NW, 250 seats) where visitors from the town might sit a spell with customers.

'This is a first,' says N.Y. Nathiri, pleasantly stunned to see this trendy urban take on her rural home town. She rocks her green wooden chair on the rough wooden boards of the porch that's tucked beside the swanky dining area of the Washington restaurant.

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Thu Nov 12, 2009

Experience Project

Some Classics

Please choose one so we can discuss it in the next post. "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee It is set in Alabama in the 1930s and is told from a child's viewpoint.

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Sun Nov 01, 2009

Winston-Salem Journal

Big Read's writer to be topic of lecture

Emily Seelbinder will speak on "Zora Neale Hurston and the Harlem Renaissance" at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Central Library, 660 W. Fifth St.

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Related Topix: Vocal, Charlotte, NC, Forsyth County, NC, African-American, Winston-Salem, NC, Arts, Poetry, Entertainment

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Marginal Revolution

Assorted links

2. Rortybomb on libertarianism and feminism . 3. Soros puts up $50 million to change economics .

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Tue Oct 27, 2009

Attention Must Be Paid

Theater auditions: Zora Neale Hurston's 'Sun to Sun' at UCF

Here's an audition notice for Zora Neale Hurston's Sun to Sun at UCF: Auditions for Zora Neale Hurstona s Sun to Sun @ UCF !! University of Central Florida Conservatory Theatre is holding auditions for its upcoming production of Sun to Sun , a stirring play with music compiled from Zora Neale Hurstona s works, co-produced with Orlandoa s Zora ...

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Related Topix: Vocal, Theater, Arts, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

Sat Oct 17, 2009

Poughkeepsie Journal

The Big Read has big purpose

Now that summer has ended and the temperatures have begun to cool, there's nothing better to do on a rainy fall day than spend it with a good book.

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Mon Oct 12, 2009

Texas Gigs

Award-winning authors to participate in fourth annual International Book Fair in Dallas

Mexican singer Jose Jose, who has sold more than 40 million albums, will be a featured author at the Fourth Dallas International Book Fair , Oct.

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Sun Oct 04, 2009

Poughkeepsie Journal

Big Read kicks off in Dutchess

The annual nationwide event known as The Big Read kicked off this weekend and will run throughout the month of October with a focus on influencing students and community members to adopt reading as a central part of their lives.

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Wed Sep 30, 2009

MaineToday

Maine Humanities Council Presents Public Symposium on Zora Neale Hurston ...

The Maine Humanities Council will present a public symposium, Looking For Zora: The Many Lives of Zora Neale Hurston on October 17, 2009, from 8:30 am - 3:00 pm at Bates College's Pettengill Hall.

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Mon Sep 28, 2009

Florida Community College

Registration is Still Available for Center for Lifelong Learning Classes

Florida State College at Jacksonville Center for Lifelong Learning in Nassau is now enrolling students for two exciting new classes.

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Thu Aug 27, 2009

Victoria Advocate

The great Florida books'

What constitutes a classic Florida book? An author's passion for sabal palms, hurricane warnings, mildew, mojitos and the ability to pluck nuggets of truth from our rich and sometimes ugly history? A wicked sense of humor about the subtropical oddities a ' flying cucarachas, copulating iguanas, six-toed cats, swamp-eating developers a ' skittering ...

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Victoria Advocate

The great Florida books'

What constitutes a classic Florida book? An author's passion for sabal palms, hurricane warnings, mildew, mojitos and the ability to pluck nuggets of truth from our rich and sometimes ugly history? A wicked sense of humor about the subtropical oddities a ' flying cucarachas, copulating iguanas, six-toed cats, swamp-eating developers a ' skittering ...

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Related Topix: Florida, Vocal, Chokoloskee, FL, The Everglades, FL, Miami Metro

Wed Aug 26, 2009

Victoria Advocate

The great Florida books'

What constitutes a classic Florida book? An author's passion for sabal palms, hurricane warnings, mildew, mojitos and the ability to pluck nuggets of truth from our rich and sometimes ugly history? A wicked sense of humor about the subtropical oddities a ' flying cucarachas, copulating iguanas, six-toed cats, swamp-eating developers a ' skittering ...

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Mon Aug 17, 2009

Hit and Run

Zora Neale Hurston: "America's favorite black conservative"

In the latest issue of City Journal , John McWhorter offers a very interesting profile of the great Harlem Renaissance novelist and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston, who he calls "a fervent Republican who would be at home today on Fox News." I'm not so sure about the Fox News part, but there's no question that Hurston's views leaned in a ...

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