The piece, a forward written for the Soviet edition of a novel by Georgia investigative journalist John L. Spivak, recounts an incident from the 1927 road trip Hughes took with Zora Neale Hurston in which they were flagged down on the road outside Savannah by a 15-year-old escapee. " Smithsonian Magazine
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:42AM on July 10, 2019