Title: Zora Neale Hurston : a life in letters /
Authors: Hurston, Zora Neale; Kaplan, Carla.
Publisher: Doubleday,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Hurston, Zora Neale Correspondence.; Authors, American Correspondence; Folklorists United States Correspondence.; African American authors Correspondence.
Abstract: A collection of more than five hundred letters, written to such people as Langston Hughes, Dorothy West, and many others, paints a portrait of the enigmatic woman who became one of the greatest literary figures in American history.
Contents: List of illustrations -- Foreword, Robert Hemenway -- Note to the reader -- Introduction -- "De talkin' game": the twenties (and before): Letters: the twenties -- "I like working hard": the thirties: Letters: the thirties -- "It's too hard to reveal one's inner self": the forties: Letters: the forties -- "Being 'different' has its drawbacks": the fifties: Letters: the fifties -- Chronology -- Glossary -- Bibliography of Zora Neale Hurston -- Selected bibliography - Acknowledgments -- Index of recipients -- Index.