"By linking Hurston s work to her Florida experiences, the authors explicate her love of black culture and her attitude toward the lot of women in a man s world. An important contribution to the Hurston revival."--Booklist

Following years of neglect, Zora Neale Hurston s status in American letters is restored: she is now recognized as one of the foremost African-American writers of the twentieth century an artist of the Harlem Renaissance and a native Florida writer. Zora in Florida focuses on the place that nurtured and inspired her work, the frontier wilderness of...