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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
challenging
informative
medium-paced
A few takeaways....
-hurston's explanation of how blacks have contributed to the English language
-her harangue of Dr Locke was wildly hilarious but effective
-certain name drops I'm familiar with but quite a few I was not
-weird fascination with noses
-hurston's explanation of how blacks have contributed to the English language
-her harangue of Dr Locke was wildly hilarious but effective
-certain name drops I'm familiar with but quite a few I was not
-weird fascination with noses
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
informative
reflective
slow-paced
What an amazing mind. There is nothing she couldn't do.
slow-paced
Zora Neale Hurston is one of my favorite authors. I am so happy I decided to read more books by her this year. The essays were very informative and had me really reflecting on the history of my people
Let me start by saying Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God is hands-down, I-don't-even-have-to-think-about-it my all time favorite book. This is definitely not that. But these essays do show the quality and breadth of her thinking. I didn't read every one, and some are definitely "of the moment" (the essay on the Howard University "scandal" completely lost me); Nor are all of them successful (looking at you, "Noses"). However she shines most brightly when discussing language and, of course, race, which is a considerable part of the book. I wish she were here to get her take on Kendi , diAngelo and their cohort--I suspect she'd consider them part of the "sobbing school of negrohood," as she adamantly, eloquently and repeatedly argues that OF COURSE, black people are more than the color of their skin. She'd probably fall in more with McWhorter and Coleman Hughes. In any case she is, as always, a pleasure to read and I leave the book more enlightened than I entered. And now it's time to reread Their Eyes.
Hurston was a very prolific writer as seen with this collection of essays. It serves as a unique collection that looks at the mindset of her and the people she interviewed during the time she was alive and actively writing.
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to dissect it the way I want to. This collection deserves an entire class devoted to it due the analysis it gives on Black literature and life. I was especially fascinated by part 4 (On Politics) and part 5 (The Case of Ruby McCollum.
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to dissect it the way I want to. This collection deserves an entire class devoted to it due the analysis it gives on Black literature and life. I was especially fascinated by part 4 (On Politics) and part 5 (The Case of Ruby McCollum.
"It was behind a sort of curtain, on the other side of silence."
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced