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I Love Myself When I Am Laughing... And Then Again When I Am Looking Mean and Impressive: A Zora Nea

Zora Neale Hurston

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9781936932733
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Published by:
The Feminist Press at CUNY
Pub date:
01/07/2020
Binding type:
Paperback
Pages:
296
ISBN:
9781936932733
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The foundational, classic anthology that revived interest in the author of Their Eyes Were Watching God--"one of the greatest writers of our time"--and made her work widely available for a new generation of readers (Toni Morrison).

During her lifetime, Zora Neale Hurston was praised for her writing but condemned for her independence and audacity. Her work fell into obscurity until the 1970s, when Alice Walker rediscovered Hurston's unmarked grave and anthologized her writing in this groundbreaking collection for the Feminist Press.

I Love Myself When I Am Laughing... And Then Again When I Am Looking Mean and Impressive established Hurston as an intellectual leader for future generations of black writers. A testament to the power and breadth of Hurston's oeuvre, this edition--newly reissued for the Feminist Press's fiftieth anniversary--features a new preface by Walker.

"Through Hurston, the soul of the black South gained one of its most articulate interpreters." --The New York Times