Reading Zora Neale Hurston's Short Stories
I began my fascination with Zora Neale Hurston when I read “There Eyes Were Watching God” in my first African American Literature class in the early eighties. I enjoyed reading and talking about that book and became a lifelong fan of Hurston. With the recent publishing of “Hitting a Straight Lick With A Crooked Stick”, I developed a strong desire to read all of Hurston's short stories. This reading trek will allow me to see how Hurston's writing and views changed as her life progressed. So, I am using the stories collected in “The Complete Stories” (TCS) and “Hitting a Straight Lick With A Crooked Stick” (HSLCS) to complete this trek.
Stories Discussed
- Discussing The Bone of Contention
- Discussing John Redding Goes to Sea
- Discussing The Conversion of Sam
- Discussing A Bit of Our Harlem
- Discussing Drenched in Light
- Discussing Spunk
- Discussing Black Death
- Discussing Book of Harlem
- Discussing Magnolia Flower
- Discussing Muttsy
- Discussing Sweat
- Discussing Under the Bridge
- Discussing Possum or Pig
- Discussing The Gilded Six-Bits with Marci and Ako of The Colored Pages Book Club
- Discussing the Eatonville Anthology
- Discussing The Country in the Woman with Alicia the Pretty Brown Eye Reader
- Discussing – The Book of Harlem
- Discussing – The Back Room
- Discussing – Monkey Junk
- Discussing – The Fire and the Cloud
- Discussing – She Rock
- Discussing – Mother Catherine
- Discussing – Uncle Monday
- Discussing – Cock Robin Beale Street
- Discussing – The Story of Harlem Slang
- Discussing – High John De Conquer
- Discussing – Hurricane
- Discussing – The Conscience of the Court
Remaining Stories to Read
- Escape the Pharaoh (TCS)
- The Tablet of Law (TCS)
- The Seventh Veil (TCS)
- The Woman in Gaul (TCS)
