"On February 4, 1960, the Associated Press ran her obituary. It read, 'Zora Neale Hurston, author, died in obscurity and poverty.' And with those words, syndicated in The New York Times and in papers from Jamaica to California, a new set of myths formed. Some listed her age at 57, others 58. After all, depending […]
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:03AM on October 2, 2019