St. Lucie County Libraries announce summer reading program, June 20 – July 26 - Jupiter Courier
24 May 2012, 12:16 pm
Indian River Dr., Fort Pierce – June 20 at 2 p.m. • Lakewood Park Branch Library, 7605 Santa Barbara Dr., Fort Pierce – June 21 at 10 a.m. • Zora Neale hurston Branch Library, 3008 Avenue D, Fort Pierce – June 21 at 2 p.m. Week 2 ...

Living for the Weekend - Afro American Newspaper
23 May 2012, 6:58 pm
That is the life of men.” Zora Neale hurston The rainbow in my life this week included “52 Shades of Grey.” We were the guests of DuBois Circle member Beverly Carter at The DuBois Circle ‘s106th annual closing meeting at the posh Valley Mansion.

Motivational blog: Classic African-American Works guaranteed to inspire - Examiner
22 May 2012, 5:19 pm
Not only did Zora Neale hurston’s writing appear in major print media, but she also advised on a number of Hollywood screenplays. The author of Their Eyes Were Watching God, takes readers back in time, to a rural Florida town. It is here that they meet ...

Conservatives and the Professional Black Friend - The New Yorker
20 May 2012, 6:55 pm
In the nineteen-fifties, the novelist Zora Neale hurston railed publicly against the Brown v. Board of Education decision, offering at least a gossamer rationale that opposition to integration didn’t necessarily make one, you know, racist. The point here ...

First lady stops by southern food eatery - Thehill.com
18 May 2012, 11:19 am
Some of the offerings on the menu at the hip eatery include: jalapeno gruyere heirloom grits, Po Boys, and a Hurricane Zora cocktail (inspired by writer Zora Neale hurston). The area around Washington’s U Street corridor seems to be a popular place to ...

Painting With Words: A Comparison of Authors to Artists - Corsair
17 May 2012, 4:21 pm
Eudora Welty’s “A Memory” conjures visions of impressionistic art such as the work of Monet, while Zora Neale hurston’s background for “The Yellow Mule” can be compared to the drawings of Lois Lenski. Finally, the play True West by ...

Vital Voices: ASU's Project Humanities and Phoenix Youth Hostel to Host Monthly Literary Discussions - Phoenix New Times
16 May 2012, 3:18 pm
Lamb says she had a "literary crush" on hurston; Lester (also an English professor at ASU) wrote his second book on hurston's work. The two instantly wanted to turn the conversation into something bigger, Lester says, and Stephens offered to help turn ...

Welcoming President Obama - Huffington Post
14 May 2012, 3:20 pm
When Zora Neale hurston applied to transfer from Howard University to Barnard she listed as one of her reasons for desiring transfer, "I have had some small success as a writer and wish above all to succeed at it." Zora Neale hurston, Diana Chang ...

Urbana woman delights in creating children's games; 2 win national acclaim - News-Gazette
13 May 2012, 7:57 am
There are 18 authors — including Flannery O'Connor and Zola Neale hurston — in the Notable Novelists deck. For each of the writers, players have to collect an "author" card, a "library" card listing three of their literary works and a ...

Meet artist Eluster Richardson at Mayfaire By-the-Lake 2012 - Examiner
12 May 2012, 10:25 pm
His art has been displayed in several museums including the Bethune-Cookman College fine arts gallery in Daytona Beach, Florida and the Zora Neale hurston Museum in Eatonville, Florida.  He enjoys drawing and painting with oil and watercolor paint.