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David Whettstone, Board Member of the Hurston/Wright Foundation
David Whettstone, Board Member of the Hurston/Wright Foundation Author Interviews
Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards
Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards Lincoln Theatre Washington District of Columbia Named for literary geniuses, Zora Neale Hurston and Richard Wright, the Hurston/Wright Foundation was founded in 1990. Hurs...
Richard Wright, Lorraine Hansberry, Nikki Giovanni, Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, and Gwendolyn Brooks
Richard Wright, Lorraine Hansberry, Nikki Giovanni, Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, and Gwendolyn Brooks MULTIPLE Prominent authors including Richard Wright, Lorraine Hansberry, Nikki Giovanni, ...
Every Tub Must Sit on Its Own Bottom: The Philosophy and Politics of Zora Neale Hurston
Every Tub Must Sit on Its Own Bottom: The Philosophy and Politics of Zora Neale Hurston Deborah G. Plant 9780252021831 Nonfiction University of Illinois Press University of Illinois Press In a ground-...
Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr.
Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. MULTIPLE Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr., a Philadelphia native, is a respected theologian and pastor. After serving in the military, he completed his higher education at How...
Richard Wright: The Library of America Unexpurgated (Boxed Set)
Richard Wright: The Library of America Unexpurgated (Boxed Set) Richard Wright 9781598536225 Fiction Library of America Library of America For the first time in a deluxe boxed set, the definitive edi...
Speak, So You Can Speak Again: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston
Speak, So You Can Speak Again: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston Lucy Hurston 9780385493758 Nonfiction Doubleday Penguin Random House One of the most beguiling and captivating figures of the twentieth ce...
Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston 0000000109083197 “One of the greatest writers of our time.”—Toni Morrison Zora Neale Hurston is considered one of the titans of twentieth-century African American ...
David Lamb
David Lamb 0000000109308640 David Lamb, a native New Yorker, discovered his passion for writing at an early age. Despite studying Economics in college and attending law school, David's love for writi...
Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston
Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston Valerie Boyd 9780743253291 Nonfiction Scribner Book Company Simon & Schuster, Inc. A woman of enormous talent, remarkable drive, and rare intellectu...
Zora Neale Hurston : Novels and Stories
Zora Neale Hurston : Novels and Stories Zora Neale Hurston 9780940450837 Fiction Library of America Library of America When she died in obscurity in 1960, all her books were out of print. Now, Zora Ne...
Wrapped In Rainbows
Wrapped In Rainbows Thumper Book Review Zora Neale Hurston ensured her place of prominence in the American literary canon with her masterpiece, Their Eyes Were Watching God. Her career was filled w...
Tom Wood
Tom Wood 0000000071567072 “If you are excellent at almost anything you can succeed.” Tom Wood, a trailblazer in the banking industry, was the first Black member of a major U.S. bank's boar...
Ravi Howard
Ravi Howard NONE Ravi Howard is an award-winning author and television producer, known for his novel “Like Trees, Walking.” A recipient of the 2001 Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Award and the 200...
Zora Neale Hurston: A Life In Letters by Carla Kaplan
Zora Neale Hurston: A Life In Letters by Carla Kaplan Zora Neale Hurston Excerpt Chapter 1 “DE TALKIN’ GAME” The Twenties (and Before) First and foremost a storyteller, with ...
Jamillah Lamb and David Lamb
Jamillah Lamb and David Lamb MULTIPLE David and Jamillah Lamb are the dynamic duo behind Between The Lines Productions, Inc. The couple co-authored the book Perfect Combination: Seven Key Ingredients...
The Life of Herod the Great
The Life of Herod the Great Zora Neale Hurston 9780063161009 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins A never before published novel from beloved author Zora Neale Hurston, revealing the historical Herod the Gre...
Zora Neale Hurston: A Life In Letters
Zora Neale Hurston: A Life In Letters Carla Kaplan 9780385490368 Nonfiction Anchor Penguin Random House A landmark collection of more than five hundred letters written by Zora Neale Hurston, a woman ...
The Collected Novels of Charles Wright: The Messenger, the Wig, and Absolutely Nothing to Get Alarmed about
The Collected Novels of Charles Wright: The Messenger, the Wig, and Absolutely Nothing to Get Alarmed about Charles Wright 9780062839602 Fiction Harper Perennial HarperCollins "Reading Wright is a ste...
The Elombe Brath Foundation
The Elombe Brath Foundation The Elombe Brath Foundation The Elombe Brath Foundation, Inc http://www.elombebrathfoundation.org The Elombe Brath Foundation, Inc. was formed to honor the life, legacy and...
The Elombe Brath Foundation
The Elombe Brath Foundation The Elombe Brath Foundation, Inc The Elombe Brath Foundation http://www.elombebrathfoundation.org The Elombe Brath Foundation, Inc. was formed to honor the life, legacy and...
Jerry W. Ward
Jerry W. Ward 0000000108699053 Dr. Jerry W. Ward, Jr. is a renowned professor of English and African American World Studies at Dillard University. He spent 20 years at Tougaloo College, is a leading ...
David Anthony Durham
David Anthony Durham 0000000114789864 David Anthony Durham, born in 1969, is an award-winning author known for novels like Gabriel’s Story and Pride of Carthage. A recipient of the 1992 Zora Neale Hu...
Zora Neale Hurston Boxed Set
Zora Neale Hurston Boxed Set Zora Neale Hurston 9780063223790 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins “One of the greatest writers of our time.”—Toni Morrison Available together for the first time in one spe...
Choreographing The Folk: The Dance Stagings Of Zora Neale Hurston (Indigenous Americas)
Choreographing The Folk: The Dance Stagings Of Zora Neale Hurston (Indigenous Americas) Anthea Kraut 9780816647125 Nonfiction University of Minnesota Press University of Minnesota Press While Zora Nea...
Lucy Hurston
Lucy Hurston NONE Lucy Anne Hurston is a Sociology Professor at Manchester Community College, Connecticut, and the niece of renowned 20th century writer, Zora Neale Hurston. Lucy Anne Hurston, niece ...
Zora Neale Hurston and Deborah G. Plant
Zora Neale Hurston and Deborah G. Plant MULTIPLE Zora Neale Hurston and Deborah G. Plant are renowned authors, with Hurston known for her significant contributions to African American literature and ...
Zora Neale Hurston and M. Genevieve West
Zora Neale Hurston and M. Genevieve West MULTIPLE "Zora Neale Hurston and M. Genevieve West are acclaimed authors renowned for their contributions to literature, with Hurston known for her work durin...
Zora Neale Hurston and Adapted by Ibram X. Kendi
Zora Neale Hurston and Adapted by Ibram X. Kendi MULTIPLE Zora Neale Hurston and Ibram X. Kendi are influential authors, with Hurston known for her significant contributions to African-American liter...
Valerie Boyd
Valerie Boyd 000000011658992X Valerie Boyd was a notable American author, journalist, and educator, celebrated for her contributions to African American literature. She's best known for her acclaimed...
David T. Boyd
David T. Boyd NONE Chicago-born author David T. Boyd discovered his passion for writing early, penning his first story at nine. Inspired by authors like Stephen King, he developed his short story int...
Richard Wright: The Life and Times
Richard Wright: The Life and Times Hazel Rowley 9780226730387 Fiction University of Chicago Press University of Chicago Press Consistently an outsider—a child of the fundamentalist South with an eight...
Richard Wright
Richard Wright 0000000079803105 Richard Nathaniel Wright (1908-1960), born in poverty and racial discrimination in Mississippi, was a prolific writer aiming to unite Black and White worlds. Known ini...
David Rivera
David Rivera 0000000119349964 David Rivera Jr., a writer inspired by contemporary black male authors, has been writing since high school. His debut book, Harlem's Dragon, received great acclaim. Draw...
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston 9780061120060 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins Born and raised in Eatonville, Florida, the first incorporated all-black town in the United States, Zora Nea...
Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston
Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston MULTIPLE Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston are prominent figures in American literature, renowned for their contributions to the Harlem Renaissance and Afr...
Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston and W.E.B. Du Bois
Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston and W.E.B. Du Bois MULTIPLE Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and W.E.B. Du Bois are renowned figures in literature and civil rights, known for their influentia...
Zora Neale Hurston, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., M. Genevieve West
Zora Neale Hurston, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., M. Genevieve West MULTIPLE Zora Neale Hurston, Henry Louis Gates Jr., and M. Genevieve West are influential authors whose work spans literature, critical s...
Every Tongue Got To Confess
Every Tongue Got To Confess Thumper Book Review I’m about to write words that I never thought that I would write. I never believed that I would ever be in the position of reviewing the newest, ...
The Gilded Six-Bits, A Short Story
The Gilded Six-Bits, A Short Story Zora Neale Hurston Article A screening of the film The Gilded Six-Bits was held July 29, 2010 as part of the AALBC.com Brownstones Series in Harlem, New York. B...
David Chariandy
David Chariandy 0000000074226038 David Chariandy, a Toronto-born author and professor based in Vancouver, is known for his works such as “I've Been Meaning to Tell You”, “Soucouyant”, and “Brother.” ...
Black Boy
Black Boy Richard Wright 9780062964137 Nonfiction Harper Perennial HarperCollins A special 75th anniversary edition of Richard Wright’s powerful and unforgettable memoir, with a new foreword by John E...
A Father’s Law
A Father’s Law Richard Wright 9780061349164 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins Introduction by Richard Wright’s daughter Julia Wright A Father’s Law is the novel Richard Wright, acclaimed author...
Black Boy
Black Boy Richard Wright 9780060929787 Nonfiction HarperCollins HarperCollins You’ll find Black Boy on President Obama’s Bookshelf This incredible bestselling classic is Richard Wright’s unfor...
Conversations with Richard Wright (Literary Conversations)
Conversations with Richard Wright (Literary Conversations) Richard Wright 9780878056330 Nonfiction University Press of Mississippi University Press of Mississippi For more than two decades Richard W...
Charles Wright
Charles Wright 0000000119446967 Charles Wright (1932-2008) was an American novelist, avid reader, and high school dropout who served in the Army during the Korean War. Moving to New York in his 20s, ...
Kiyah Wright
Kiyah Wright NONE Kiyah Wright, a two-time Emmy Award-winning hairstylist, has over two decades of experience in the industry. Renowned for her work with celebrities and her ambassador role for major...
Kiyah Wright and Shirley Neal
Kiyah Wright and Shirley Neal MULTIPLE Kiyah Wright, a two-time Emmy Award-winning hairstylist and entrepreneur, has over 20 years of experience in hair care. Shirley Neal is a renowned journalist an...
Melanie S. Hatter
Melanie S. Hatter NONE Melanie S. Hatter, award-winning author of “Malawi’s Sisters” and “The Color of My Soul”, also penned the short fiction collection “Let No One Weep for Me.” She's actively enga...
The Making of Butterflies
The Making of Butterflies Zora Neale Hurston and Adapted by Ibram X. Kendi 9780063111585 Fiction Amistad Books for Young Readers HarperCollins A First Folktale from the creators of Magnolia Flower, Zo...
Cathie Wright-Lewis
Cathie Wright-Lewis NONE Cathie Wright-Lewis, a lover of linguistics, ancient history, and metaphysics, is a former NYC high school English teacher with a passion for diverse cultures and dialects. O...
Gabrielle David
Gabrielle David NONE Gabrielle David is a versatile artist, musician, writer, and publisher at 2Leaf Press. She co-edited “What Does It Mean to be White in America?” and “Hey Yo! Yo Soy!” and authore...
African American Audio Experience
African American Audio Experience Richard Wright, Lorraine Hansberry, Nikki Giovanni, Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, and Gwendolyn Brooks 9780060535278 Nonfiction Caedmon HarperCollins The leadi...
James Baldwin, Gwendolyn Brooks, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Ralph Ellison, Zora Neale Hurston, Alice Walker, Richard Wright, Frank Yerby, and Others
James Baldwin, Gwendolyn Brooks, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Ralph Ellison, Zora Neale Hurston, Alice Walker, Richard Wright, Frank Yerby, and Others MULTIPLE
Hilarious New Novel From Award-winning Playwright David Lamb
Hilarious New Novel From Award-winning Playwright David Lamb Troy Johnson Article What’s worth fighting for the heart or the wallet? From the Creator of Platanos Y Collard Greens, David Lamb’s Ama...
Body Of Innocence (Consumed In The Light)
Body Of Innocence (Consumed In The Light) David Rivera 9780615577449 Fiction David Rivera Jr. David Rivera Jr. In the eagerly anticipated sequel to Playing in the Dark, Detective Chemah Rivers comes f...
Jean Besson
Jean Besson 0000000108983118 Jean Beason is a renowned researcher and author specializing in cultural history, kinship, gender, and ethnicity among other areas. She published a book on creolization a...
Walter Pryor
Walter Pryor NONE Walter Pryor's professional career has spanned a myriad of sectors in the legal arena, having worked in both large and small law firms, the U.S. Department of Justice, Capitol Hill,...
The Wright Choices
The Wright Choices Ronald Gauthier 9781785542398 Nonfiction Austin Macauley Austin Macauley The legacy of Richard Wright is little known. Born of personal experience, his works threw a harsh light on ...
Haiku: The Last Poems of an American Icon
Haiku: The Last Poems of an American Icon Richard Wright 9781611453492 Poetry Arcade Skyhorse Publishing Richard Wright, one of the early forceful and eloquent spokesmen for black Americans, author ...
Good News!: Sermons of Hope for Today’s Families
Good News!: Sermons of Hope for Today’s Families Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. 9780817012366 Nonfiction Judson Press Judson Press Families today come in all shapes and sizes and face all kinds of issues and...
Richard Wright Reader
Richard Wright Reader Richard Wright 9780060147372 Fiction HarperCollins HarperCollins ”Richard Wright” (1908-1960) was one of the landmark authors of twentieth-century American literature as well a...
Simeon Wright and Herb Boyd
Simeon Wright and Herb Boyd MULTIPLE Simeon Wright and Herb Boyd are renowned authors. Wright, a key figure in the Civil Rights Movement, witnessed the Emmett Till kidnap. Boyd, an award-winning jour...
Raymond A. Winbush and Denise Wright
Raymond A. Winbush and Denise Wright MULTIPLE Raymond A. Winbush and Dr. Denise Wright are esteemed authors specializing in societal issues. Winbush's focus lies in systemic racism, while Wright conc...
Tanya Wright
Tanya Wright 0000000395292597 Tanya Wright, a Bronx native, is an acclaimed actor known for roles in HBO's True Blood and Netflix's Orange Is the New Black. A Vassar graduate and former New York Time...
Ahmad Wright
Ahmad Wright NONE Ahmad Wright is an accomplished writer and assistant professor of English at the University of the District of Columbia Community College. With a rich writing career, his book revie...
Allen Bernard West
Allen Bernard West NONE Allen Bernard West is a decorated military veteran, former US Congressman, and notable contributor to media and policy organizations. His military legacy spans four generation...
Asali Solomon
Asali Solomon NONE Asali Solomon, a West Philadelphia native, is a celebrated author and academic with a PhD in English and an MFA in Fiction. Known for her book, “Get Down”, her work has been featur...
Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman
Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman NONE Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman, Ed.D., is the Executive Director at the Hurston Wright Foundation, former Director at Montgomery Community Media, and a successful playwright who...
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Deluxe Edition)
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Deluxe Edition) Zora Neale Hurston 9780063447820 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins “A deeply soulful novel that comprehends love and cruelty, and separates the big people fro...
You Don’t Know Us Negroes and Other Essays (paperback)
You Don’t Know Us Negroes and Other Essays (paperback) Zora Neale Hurston, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., M. Genevieve West 9780063043862 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins Introduction by New York Times bestsell...
You Don’t Know Us Negroes And Other Essays
You Don’t Know Us Negroes And Other Essays Zora Neale Hurston, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., M. Genevieve West 9780063043855 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins Introduction by New York Times bestselling autho...
The Politics of Black Joy: Zora Neale Hurston and Neo-Abolitionism
The Politics of Black Joy: Zora Neale Hurston and Neo-Abolitionism Lindsey Stewart 9780810144132 Nonfiction Northwestern University Press Northwestern University Press During the antebellum period, sl...
Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo”
Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” Zora Neale Hurston and Deborah G. Plant 9780062748201 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins A major literary event: a never-before-published work from the aut...
Zora and Me
Zora and Me Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon 9780763658144 Fiction Candlewick Press Candlewick Press Winner of the 2011 John Steptoe New Talent (Author) Award!Racial duplicity threatens an idyllic African...
Dust Tracks On A Road: An Autobiography
Dust Tracks On A Road: An Autobiography Zora Neale Hurston 9780062004833 Nonfiction Harper Perennial HarperCollins “Warm, witty, imaginative… . This is a rich and winning book.”—The New YorkerDust Tra...
“The Inside Light”: New Critical Essays on Zora Neale Hurston
“The Inside Light”: New Critical Essays on Zora Neale Hurston Deborah G. Plant 9780313365171 Nonfiction Praeger Publishers Greenwood Publishing Group This exploration of Zora Neale Hurston’s life and ...
Moses, Man of the Mountain
Moses, Man of the Mountain Zora Neale Hurston 9780061695148 Fiction Harper Perennial Modern Classics HarperCollins In this 1939 novel based on the familiar story of the Exodus, Zora Neale Hurston blen...
Seraph on the Suwanee: A Novel
Seraph on the Suwanee: A Novel Zora Neale Hurston 9780061651113 Fiction Harper Perennial Modern Classics HarperCollins Acclaimed for her pitch-perfect accounts of rural black life and culture, Zora Ne...
The Complete Stories
The Complete Stories Zora Neale Hurston 9780061350184 Fiction Harper Perennial Modern Classics HarperCollins This landmark gathering of Zora Neale Hurston’s short fictionmost of which appeared only in...
Jonah’s Gourd Vine: A Novel
Jonah’s Gourd Vine: A Novel Zora Neale Hurston 9780061350191 Fiction Harper Perennial HarperCollins Hurston’s novel Jonah’’s Gourd Vine was derived from the short story “The Gilded Six-Bits” which...
Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography
Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography Zora Neale Hurston 9780060854089 Nonfiction Harper Perennial HarperCollins “Warm, witty, imaginative… . This is a rich and winning book.”The New YorkerDust Trac...
Every Tongue Got to Confess: Negro Folk-Tales from the Gulf States
Every Tongue Got to Confess: Negro Folk-Tales from the Gulf States Zora Neale Hurston 9780060188931 Nonfiction Harper HarperCollins "Imagine the situations in which these speech acts occur. Recall a f...
M. Genevieve West
M. Genevieve West NONE M. Genevieve West is an English Professor at Texas Woman’s University, renowned for her scholarly work on Zora Neale Hurston. She has contributed to esteemed academic journals ...
David Haynes
David Haynes 0000000072463259 David Haynes, a novelist and professor emeritus of English at Southern Methodist University, is the co-founder and board chair of Kimbilio Center for Fiction, serving fi...
12 Million Black Voices
12 Million Black Voices Richard Wright 9781560254461 Fiction Basic Books Perseus Books 12 Million Black Voices, first published in 1941, combines Wright’s prose with startling photographs selected b...
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants Malcolm Gladwell 9780316204378 Nonfiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group Three thousand years ago on a battlefield i...
Snatch: The Adventures of David and Me in Old New York
Snatch: The Adventures of David and Me in Old New York Charles Fuller snatch Fiction David And Me Publishing David And Me Publishing After 40-years of work in film and theater acclaimed screenwriter a...
David Lee
David Lee 0000000110370724 David Lee is an esteemed leader with nearly 30 years of ministry experience. Serving under T.D. Jakes Ministries, he led the Sunday school department and taught the first m...
David Barclay Moore
David Barclay Moore NONE Missouri-born David Barclay Moore is a Brooklyn-based writer, filmmaker, and photographer. Known for his debut young adult novel 'The Stars Beneath Our Feet' and his award-wi...
David Simon
David Simon 0000000122782515 David Simon, award-winning author of novels, plays, and poetry, is also known for his bestselling educational series and workbooks for children. His contributions in offe...
David Wilkerson
David Wilkerson 000000008373961X David Wilkerson, a Black American illustrator from Denver, is now based in Maryland. He started in animation, developing a passion for illustration at Savannah Colleg...
Roy Weaver, David Sullivan, and Shawn Sriver
Roy Weaver, David Sullivan, and Shawn Sriver MULTIPLE Roy Weaver, former interim dean of Ball State University's Teachers College and distinguished alumnus, is renowned for his contributions to acade...
David Oyelowo The “Selma” Interview (2014)
David Oyelowo The “Selma” Interview (2014) Kam Williams Interview David Oyelowo The “Selma” Interview David Oyelowo (pronounced – “oh-yellow-oh”) was born April 1, 1976 and is a classically-...
Chloe Dulce Louvouezo
Chloe Dulce Louvouezo NONE Chloe Dulce Louvouezo is a Congolese-American writer and advocate focusing on underrepresented women. She's the host of the Life, I Swear podcast and author of a book by th...
Ifa Bayeza
Ifa Bayeza NONE Ifa Bayeza is an acclaimed playwright, producer, and theater artist. Known for works like “Amistad Voices” and “The Ballad of Emmett Till,” she's won the 2008 Edgar Award and 2007 Eug...
Tonya M. Evans
Tonya M. Evans NONE Tonya M. Evans is a distinguished professor, speaker, and author with expertise in blockchain, cryptocurrency, and law. She's recognized in Forbes 50 Over 50 Investment List and t...
Michael H. Holzman
Michael H. Holzman NONE Michael H. Holzman, Ph.D, is a prolific author and educational advisor known for his work on public education and minority students. His contributions include the Schott Found...
David Ruggles
David Ruggles 0000000078894447 David Ruggles was a pioneer in black activism, journalism, and entrepreneurship in the 1800s. He led 600+ slaves to freedom, including Frederick Douglass, and owned the...
Michelle Gadsden-Williams
Michelle Gadsden-Williams NONE Michelle Gadsden-Williams is the Co-Founder and COO of Ceiling Breakers LLC, a NYC-based firm specializing in diversity consulting and women's empowerment. She holds de...