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"Sweat" is a short story by the American writer Zora Neale Hurston, first published in 1926, [1] in the first and only issue of the African-American literary magazine Fire!! The story revolves around a washerwoman and her unemployed husband.
Spunk is a play by American playwright George C. Wolfe and is an adaptation of three stories by Zora Neale Hurston: "Sweat," "Story in Harlem Slang" and "The Gilded Six Bits." [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Wolfe won a 1989 Obie award for best off-Broadway director for Spunk.
Jones also explains how Zora Neale Hurston shares her sense of humor with her audiences. [2] An important aspect of Zora Neale Hurston's writings, according to Jones, is that even the happiest and funniest characters still get the blues. [2] Jones describes how Hurston shares all walks of life through parents, lovers, children, spouses, and ...
Hurston died in 1960, and her work languished in obscurity. In 1975, Alice Walker penned an essay for Ms. Magazine titled “In Search of Zora Neale Hurston,” which revived interest in the ...
Zora Neale Hurston (January 7, 1891 [1]: 17 [2]: 5 – January 28, 1960) was an American writer, anthropologist, folklorist, and documentary filmmaker. She portrayed racial struggles in the early-20th-century American South and published research on Hoodoo and Caribbean Vodou . [ 3 ]
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The film follows Zora (Louis-Dreyfus) and her 15-year-old daughter, Tuesday (Lola Petticrew), as they confront Death, who arrives at their home in the form of a talking bird. It’s a twisted ...