Fiction

A never before published novel from beloved author Zora Neale Hurston, revealing the historical Herod the Great—not the villain the Bible makes him out to be but a religious and philosophical man who lived a life of valor and vision.

a collection of remarkable stories, including eight “lost” Harlem Renaissance tales now available to a wide audience for the first time.

The epic tale of Janie Crawford, whose quest for identity takes her on a journey during which she learns what love is, experiences life’s joys and sorrows, and come home to herself in peace. Her passionate story prompted Alice Walker to say, “There is no book more important to me than this one.”

This landmark gathering of Zora Neale Hurston’s short fiction - most of which appeared only in literary magazines during her lifetime - reveals the evolution of one of the most important African …

“Imagine the situations in which these speech acts occur. Recall a front stoop, juke joint, funeral, wedding, barbershop, kitchen: the music, noise, communal energy, and release. Dream. Participate the way you do when you allow a song to transport you, all kinds of songs, from hip-hop rap to Bach to Monk, each bearing its different history of sounds and silences.” — From the Foreword by John Edgar Wideman

by Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes

In this 1939 novel based on the familiar story of the Exodus, Zora Neale Hurston blends the Moses of the Old Testament with the Moses of black folklore and song to create a compelling allegory of …

With an Afterword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Originally published in 1934, Jonah’s Gourd Vine was the first novel by the noted black novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist.