Title: Zora Neale Hurston - Quotes, Books & Sweat - Biography
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Who Was Zora Neale Hurston?
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Content: She became a fixture in the area's thriving art scene, with her apartment reportedly becoming a popular spot for social gatherings. Hurston befriended the likes of Langston Hughes and Countee Cullen, among several others, with whom she launched a short-lived literary magazine, Fire!! Along with her literary interests, Hurston landed a scholarship to Barnard College, where she pursued the subject of anthropology and studied with Franz Boas. 'Sweat,' and 'How It Feels to be Colored Me'
Hurston established herself as a literary force with her spot-on accounts of the African American experience. One of her early acclaimed short stories, "Sweat" (1926), told of a woman dealing with an unfaithful husband who takes her money, before receiving his comeuppance. Hurston also drew attention for her autobiographical essay "How It Feels to be Colored Me" (1928), in which she recounted her childhood and the jolt of moving to an all-white area. Additionally, Hurston contributed articles to magazines, including the Journal of American Folklore. 'Jonah's Gourd Vine' and Other Books
Hurston published her first novel, Jonah's Gourd Vine, in 1934. Like her other famed works, this one told the tale of the African American experience, only through a man, flawed pastor John Buddy Pearson. Having returned to Florida to collect African American folk tales in the late 1920s, Hurston went on to publish a collection of these stories, titled Mules and Men (1935).