The previously unpublished letters of one of the twentieth century's most influential writers.
Carla Kaplan is Professor of English, Gender Studies, and American & Ethnic Studies at the University of Southern California, and a noted Hurston scholar. She is the author of <b>The Erotics of Talk: Women’s Writing and Feminist Paradigms</b><i>, </i>and the editor of <b>Dark Symphony and Other Works</b><i>, </i>by Elizabeth Laura Adams, <b>Every Tongue Got to Confess: Negro Folk-Tales from the Gulf States</b><i>, </i>by Zora Neale Hurston, and Nella Larsen’s <b>Passing</b>.
List of Illustrations
vii
Foreword
1
(6)
Robert Hemenway
Note to the Reader
7
(4)
Introduction
11
(22)
``De Talkin' Game'': The Twenties (and Before)
33
(126)
Letters: The Twenties
54
(105)
``I Like Working Hard'': The Thirties
159
(268)
Letters: The Thirties
185
(242)
``It Is Too Hard to Reveal One's Inner Self'': The Forties
427
(162)
Letters: The Forties
450
(139)
``Being `Different' Has Its Drawbacks'': The Fifties
589
(184)
Letters: The Fifties
621
(152)
Chronology
773
(12)
Glossary
785
(32)
Bibliography of the Works of Zora Neale Hurston
817
(10)
Selected Bibliography
827
(6)
Acknowledgments
833
(6)
Index of Recipients
839
(10)
Index
849
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