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13 hrs ago | Louisburg Herald

Hurston comes alive at library

Zora Neale Hurston came alive June 23 at Louisburg Library. Portrayed by Carmaletta Williams, she told stories of her life to seven people gathered at the library, as part of the librarya s adult summer reading program, co-sponsored by the Kansas Humanities Council.

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Fri Jun 26, 2009

BOOKPATHS

Florida, U.S.

Their Eyes Were Watching God , by Zora Neale Hurston Their Eyes Were Watching God follows Janie Crawford on her journey of self-discovery through three marriages, finally finding the kind of love she longs for when she meets and marries "the roustabout" Tea Cake in her early forties.

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Tue Jun 23, 2009

Winston-Salem Journal

Novel picked for Big Read

A 1937 novel set in Florida has been picked for this year's community reading project this fall, the Forsyth County Public Library announced yesterday.

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Related Topix: Libraries, Forsyth County, NC, Winston-Salem, NC, Vocal, Wake Forest University, University of Kansas

Sat Jun 20, 2009

Associated Content

Suddenly

African-American female authors Gwendolyn Brooks and Zora Neale Hurston published novels that show their characters overcoming hardships in a variety of ways.

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Fri Jun 12, 2009

TheCelebrityCafe

Urban Literature: Wish It Would Disappear

Home : Features : Opinions : Urban Literature: Wish It Would Disappear Urban Literature: Wish It Would Disappear 12-Jun-2009 Written by: Ivory Sherman Honestly, Urban Literature is not even worth reading.

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Wed Jun 10, 2009

NewWest

Choose Your Own Adventure with One Book One Denver

Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper is trying a new approach with this year's One Book One Denver selection - he's letting people vote on what book they want to read from a list of 27 books that cater to almost every possible interest group, save those who would like to see a Colorado author selected.

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Related Topix: Choose Your Own Adventure, Indie, Denver, CO, Vocal, Mark Twain

Tue Jun 09, 2009

OttawaHerald.com

Chautauqua lassos history, imagination

Doug Watson portrays cowboy humorist and social commentator Will Rogers during the Kansas-Nebraska Chautauqua - "Bright Dreams, Hard Times: America in the Thirties." The Chautauqua included a series of historical and cultural events Thursday through Sunday in Ottawa.

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Fri May 22, 2009

Daily Times

Purple Patch: The coloured me -Zora Neale Hurston

PURPLE PATCH: The coloured me -Zora Neale Hurston I am coloured but I offer nothing in the way of extenuating circumstances except the fact that I am the only Negro in the United States whose grandfather on the mother's side was not an Indian chief.

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Wed May 20, 2009

Journal News

How America ate

After studying the menu at the Gramercy Tavern, a popular Manhattan restaurant that features New American cuisine, writer Mark Kurlansky says, 'Nothing screams out '1942.' ' He pauses, then adds, 'which may not be a bad thing.' There's no Mississippi molasses pie.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Dining, New York Metro, Vocal, Recipes, University of Iowa

Sat May 02, 2009

The Flint Journal

Continue reading "'Zora' brings Harlem Renaissance writer to life"

The American Place Theatre returned to The Whiting Tuesday night with another intimate presentation in its Literature to Life series.

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Sat Mar 28, 2009

Martin County Hometown News

Zora Fest explores author's Florida roots, influences

Lucy Anne Hurston was only 3 when her aunt, social anthropologist and author Zora Neale Hurston, died, but she has taken the same path, documenting marginalized populations in the United States and aboard.

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Related Topix: Vocal, Anthropology, Science, Fort Pierce Metro, Fort Pierce, FL

Thu Mar 26, 2009

Guardian Unlimited

Full of beans

From Cheever to Murakami, debut novelist and coffee lover Benjamin Obler brews up the most aromatic mentions of coffee in literature Benjamin Obler guardian.co.uk , Wednesday 25 March 2009 14.51 GMT Stimulating ... A cup of coffee.

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Fri Mar 13, 2009

Authentic Art DC

"Murals to Zoraa opens this Saturday

Muralists and performing artists will celebrate the Harlem Renaissance and the life of Zora Neale Hurston in a "New U" space that will be home to the restaurant Eatonville.

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Tue Mar 10, 2009

Creative Loafing

Zora

Just in time for Women's History Month, 7 Stages presents ZORA , the story of author and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston.

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Mon Mar 02, 2009

Tallahassee.com

Meet Florida's trailblazing women

Ever heard of Jacqueline Cochran? How about Roxcy O'Neal Bolton? Both were pioneering Floridians.

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Related Topix: Florida, Vocal, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Drama, Halle Berry, Black Entertainment, Hot Chicks, The Everglades, FL, Tallahassee, FL

Sun Mar 01, 2009

WMBB

People Celebrate Florida Author

People gather at the Junior Museum today to discuss one of Florida's most established African American authors.

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Sun Feb 15, 2009

OttawaHerald.com

Ottawa to play host to 2009 Chautauqua

Ottawa and Hesston will be the Kansas host communities for this summera s a oeBright Dreams, Hard Times: America in the Thirties Chautauqua.a The festival of learning will be in Ottawa June 3-7 and Hesston June ...

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Fri Feb 13, 2009

Newberry Observer

Read-in brings black history to life

A Newberry College student stands in the doorway of the Blue Room where the read-in was held and mouthed the words to King and Malcolm X speeches.

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Related Topix: Newberry College, Documentary Movies, Malcolm X, Drama, Biography Movies, African-American, Vocal, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

Wed Feb 11, 2009

KLRN-TV San Antonio

Program

The film follows Hurston, best known for her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, to the subtropical paradise that shaped her childhood and her life's work - the place to which she returned again and again over ...

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Mon Feb 09, 2009

Democrat & Chronicle

Essayist celebrates black authors in American literature

African- American Writers: Legends of Literature By Karen D. Culley Literature is the cultural legacy that we must not forget.

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Related Topix: Arts, Literature, Vocal, Anthropology, Science, Eatonville, FL, Poetry

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