Zora Neale Hurston: A Literary Biography Podcast Episodes

Written by Robert E. Hemenway , Alice Walker

9 Episodes - 408 pages - ★★★★ - 100 ratings

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GREAT BOOKS 11: Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, with Deborah Plant

Think About It - March 28, 2019 16:23 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 56 ratings
"It was not death she feared. It was misunderstanding.” This line from Zora Neale Hurston’s masterpiece, Their Eyes Were Watching God, captures what is at the heart of all great literature: the irrepressible urge to speak, to be heard and understood. I spoke with Professor Deborah Plant, a sch...
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3. Character Progression - Janie Crawford from Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God (Veronica Smith)

Character Progression - January 31, 2019 09:30 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Zora Neale Hurston is a Central Florida icon.  Just in time for the annual ZORA! Festival, my guest and I discuss one of her most iconic characters.  Check out Veronica Smith and I discuss how she relates to the story of Janie Crawford, from Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God!
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041 Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Slow Readers - January 22, 2018 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 18 ratings
We finally did it, guys! It's 2018 and we're finally covering a book by an African American! Join us in our long-awaited discussion about Their Eyes Were Watching the Hills by Zora Thurston Murston!!  Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) by Zora Neale Hurston. 00:10:45 - Phantom Thread 00:32:0...
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Zora Neale Hurston's 'Their Eyes Were Watching God'

UCL Minds - June 02, 2017 10:50 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Dana Kovaric (UCL English) reads a passage from Zora Neale Hurston's 'Their Eyes Were Watching God' for the UCL Festival of Culture Book Club: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/festival-of-culture/festival-book-club 'Their Eyes Were Watching God' is published by Harper Collins: https://www.harpercollins.com...
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Ep 102 - Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston

Overdue - March 02, 2015 14:03 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratings
Zora Neale Hurston's 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God is one of the most widely-read books in American literature. It's so entrenched in the modern canon that it's hard to believe Hurston fell into obscurity later in her career. But thanks to writer Alice Walker, Hurston's work ...
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NEA Big Read: Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston

Commonwealth Journal - March 20, 2009 01:44 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Lucy Ann Hurston, Author of Speak So You Speak Again, niece of Zora Neale Hurston
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