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Zora Neale Hurston (Author Page)

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Zora Neale Hurston is one of the leading figures of the Harlem Renaissance. After publishing a small number of poems in Negro World, she largely published works of fiction as well as drama and non-fiction. 

Her short story, "Spunk," appeared in the groundbreaking anthology edited by Alain Locke, The New Negro: an Interpretation. 

In 1926, she was part of a distinguished group of younger writers who contributed to Fire!!; her one-act play, "Color Struck," won second prize in the Opportunity Magazine contest for 1926. Fire!! also included her short story, "Sweat."

Here are some of the materials published by Hurston in the 1920s; our goal here is to digitize as much of it as we can find. 

"Journey's End" (Negro World, 1922), poetry
"Night" (Negro World, 1922), poetry
"Passion" (Negro World, 1922), poetry
"Spunk" (The New Negro: an Interpretation), short story
Color Struck (Fire!!, 1926), play
Muttsy (Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life) 1926, short story.
"Sweat" (Fire!!, 1926), short story
"How It Feels to Be Colored Me" (1928), essay

Contents of this path:

  1. Zora Neale Hurston, "Spunk" (fiction: 1925)
  2. Zora Neale Hurston, "Sweat" (1926)
  3. Zora Neale Hurston, "Color Struck" (Full text of one-act play) (1926)
  4. Zora Neale Hurston, "The First One" (Full text of one-act play) (1927)
  5. Zora Neale Hurston, "How It Feels to Be Colored Me" (1928)
  6. Zora Neale Hurston, "Muttsy" (1926)