Zora Neale HurstonThis book explores the creativity and life of Zora Neale Hurston (1891 1960), the most published African American woman writer of the first half of the twentieth century. Her life spanned a period of rapid technological change and advancement, alongside enduring racial stratification. A Barnard educated anthropologist, folklorist, and novelist, Hurston was a modern woman on the move. As Cheryl R. Hopson illustrates, this dynamic movement is reflected