“I have the nerve to walk my own way, however hard, in my search for reality, rather than climb upon the rattling wagon of wishful illusions.” ― Zora Neale Hurston

Author, anthropologist, and folklorist Zora Neale Hurston was born on January 7^th, 1891 (129 years ago this Tuesday) in Notasulga, Alabama. In honor of her birthday, this week we celebrate the woman Alice Walker called “a genius of the South.”

“About Zora Neale Hurston”

Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography

Zora Neale Hurston Plays at The Library of Congress

“Alice Walker on Zora Neale Hurston’s ‘Spiritual Food,’” from NPR

Recordings of Zora Neale Hurston from The Library of Congress’ “Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937 to 1942”

“Cooking with Zora Neale Hurston” from The Paris Review

Jonah’s Gourd Vine: A Novel, Hurston’s first novel, originally published in 1934

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo”

Mules and Men

Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica

@ The School of Making

Bring your friends and current sewing project for a morning of making during First Tuesdays @ The Factory tomorrow, January 7^th.