Zora and Langston: A Story of Friendship and Betrayal
Yuval Taylor
(Author)
Description
Novelist Zora Neale Hurston and poet Langston Hughes, two of America's greatest writers, first met in New York City in 1925. Drawn to each other, they helped launch a radical journal, Fire!! Later, meeting by accident in Alabama, they became close as they traveled together--Hurston interviewing African Americans for folk stories, Hughes getting his first taste of the deep South. By illuminating their lives, work, competitiveness, and ambitions, Yuval Taylor savvily details how their friendship and literary collaborations dead-ended in acrimonious accusations.
Product Details
Price
$18.95
$17.62
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date
July 21, 2020
Pages
336
Dimensions
5.4 X 8.2 X 0.9 inches | 0.6 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780393358100
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About the Author
Yuval Taylor is the coauthor of Darkest America: Black Minstrelsy from Slavery to Hip-Hop and Faking It: The Quest for Authenticity in Popular Music. His writing has appeared in the Guardian, the Antioch Review, the Oxford American, and other publications. He lives in Chicago.
Reviews
A fascinating and lively story of two iconoclastic writers.--Susan Van Atten
Loving yet evenhanded portraits of both figures.... A highly readable account of one of the most compelling and consequential relationships in black literary history.--Zinzi Clemmons
A dazzling book, easy to read but richly rewarding.--Arnold Rampersad, author of The Life of Langston Hughes (2 vols.)
Writing in a vivid anecdotal style, Taylor's book carries readers along on the giddy, and ultimately, very bumpy ride.--Maureen Corrigan
Intriguing, funny.... The lives of Hurston and Hughes continue to be fabulous and exciting.--E. Ethelbert Miller
Compelling, concise and scrupulously researched.--Clifford Thompson
A vivid account.... Taylor offers a snapshot of a cultural moment, illuminating two essential voices in American literature.--Jennifer Day
Taylor draws on fresh material... bringing two legendary and complicated African American writers to life.
Rich and nuanced.
Loving yet evenhanded portraits of both figures.... A highly readable account of one of the most compelling and consequential relationships in black literary history.--Zinzi Clemmons
A dazzling book, easy to read but richly rewarding.--Arnold Rampersad, author of The Life of Langston Hughes (2 vols.)
Writing in a vivid anecdotal style, Taylor's book carries readers along on the giddy, and ultimately, very bumpy ride.--Maureen Corrigan
Intriguing, funny.... The lives of Hurston and Hughes continue to be fabulous and exciting.--E. Ethelbert Miller
Compelling, concise and scrupulously researched.--Clifford Thompson
A vivid account.... Taylor offers a snapshot of a cultural moment, illuminating two essential voices in American literature.--Jennifer Day
Taylor draws on fresh material... bringing two legendary and complicated African American writers to life.
Rich and nuanced.
