Dust Tracks On A Road

Product Descriptionwith A New Introduction By Jesmyn WardZora Neale Hurston Was A Knockout In Her Life, A Wonderful Writer And A Fabulous Person. Devilishly Funny And Academically Solid: Delicious Mixture Maya Angelou First Published In 1942 At The Height Of Her Popularity, Dust Tracks On A Road Is Zora Neale HurstonS Candid, Exuberant Account Of Her Rise From Childhood Poverty In The Rural South To A Prominent Place Among The Leading Artists And Intellectuals Of The Harlem Renaissance. As Compelling As Her Acclaimed Fiction, HurstonS Literary SelfPortrait Offers A Revealing, Often Audacious Glimpse Into The Life Public And Private Of An Extraordinary Artist, Anthropologist, Chronicler And Champion Of The Black Experience In America. Full Of The Wit And Wisdom Of A Proud, Spirited Woman Who Started Off Low And Climbed High: I Have Been In SorrowS Kitchen And Licked Out All The Pots. Then I Have Stood On The Peaky Mountain Wrapped In Rainbows With A Harp And A Sword In My Hands.One Of The Greatest Writers Of Our Time Toni Morrisonreviewwarm, Witty, Imaginative . . . A Rich And Winning Book New Yorkertold In Gutsy Language . . . Her Story Is An Encouraging And Enjoyable One For Any Member Of The Human Race New York Review Of Booksone Of The Greatest Writers Of Our Time Toni Morrisonzora Neale Hurston Was A Knockout In Her Life, A Wonderful Writer And A Fabulous Person. Devilishly Funny And Academically Solid: Delicious Mixture Maya Angeloubook Descriptionthe Warm And Lively Autobiography Of Zora Neale Hurston, One Of The Most Influential AfricanAmerican Writers, Is Published With A New Introduction By Jesmyn Wardfrom The Back CoverZora Neale Hurston Was A Knockout In Her Life, A Wonderful Writer And A Fabulous Person. Devilishly Funny And Academically Solid: Delicious Mixture Maya AngelouOne Of The Greatest Writers Of Our Time Toni Morrisonfirst Published In 1942, Dust Tracks On A Road Is Zora Neale HurstonS Candid, Poignant Autobiography, An Imaginative And Exuberant Account Of Her Rise From Childhood Poverty In The Rural South To A Prominent Place Among The Leading Artists And Intellectuals Of The Harlem Renaissance. As Compelling As Her Acclaimed Fiction, HurstonS Very Personal Literary SelfPortrait Offers A Revealing, Often Audacious Glimpse Into The Life Public And Private Of An An Extaordinary Artist, Anthropologist And Champion Of The Black Experience In America.About The Authorzora Neale Hurston Was A Novelist, Folklorist, And Anthropologist. An Author Of Four Novels (JonahS Gourd Vine, 1934;Their Eyes Were Watching God, 1937;Moses, Man Of The Mountain, 1939; Andseraph On The Suwanee, 1948); Two Books Of Folklore (Mules And Men, 1935, Andtell My Horse, 1938); An Autobiography (Dust Tracks On A Road, 1942); And Over Fifty Short Stories, Essays, And Plays. She Attended Howard University, Barnard College And Columbia University, And Was A Graduate Of Barnard College In 1927. She Was Born On January 7, 1891, In Notasulga, Alabama, And Grew Up In Eatonville, Florida. She Died In Fort Pierce, In 1960. In 1973, Alice Walker Had A Headstone Placed At Her Gravesite With This Epitaph: Zora Neale Hurston: A Genius Of The South.