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With a new introduction by JESMYN WARD

''Warm, witty, imaginative . . . A rich and winning book'' NEW YORKER

''Devilishly funny and academically solid: delicious mixture'' MAYA ANGELOU

''One of the greatest writers of our time'' TONI MORRISON

First published in 1942 at the height of her popularity, Dust Tracks on a Road is Zora Neale Hurston''s candid, exuberant account of her rise from childhood poverty in the rural South to a prominent place among the leading artists and intellectuals of the Harlem Renaissance.

As compelling as her acclaimed fiction, Hurston''s literary self-portrait offers a revealing, often audacious glimpse into the life - public and private - of an extraordinary artist, anthropologist, chronicler and champion of the black experience in America. Full of the wit and wisdom of a proud, spirited woman who started off low and climbed high: ''I have been in Sorrow''s kitchen and licke

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Warm, witty, imaginative . . . A rich and winning book * New Yorker *
Told in gutsy language . . . Her story is an encouraging and enjoyable one for any member of the human race * New York Review of Books *
One of the greatest writers of our time
Zora Neale Hurston was a knockout in her life, a wonderful writer and a fabulous person. Devilishly funny and academically solid: delicious mixture
A different kind of a book, absorbing, human, entertaining, with occasional strong flavor * Kirkus Reviews *

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      Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
      Published 13 February 2020
      ISBN-13 9780349012216
      978-0349012216
      ISBN-10 0349012210
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      Autobiography: writers

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      With a new introduction by JESMYN WARD

      ''Warm, witty, imaginative . . . A rich and winning book'' NEW YORKER

      ''Devilishly funny and academically solid: delicious mixture'' MAYA ANGELOU

      ''One of the greatest writers of our time'' TONI MORRISON

      First published in 1942 at the height of her popularity, Dust Tracks on a Road is Zora Neale Hurston''s candid, exuberant account of her rise from childhood poverty in the rural South to a prominent place among the leading artists and intellectuals of the Harlem Renaissance.

      As compelling as her acclaimed fiction, Hurston''s literary self-portrait offers a revealing, often audacious glimpse into the life - public and private - of an extraordinary artist, anthropologist, chronicler and champion of the black experience in America. Full of the wit and wisdom of a proud, spirited woman who started off low and climbed high: ''I have been in Sorrow''s kitchen and licke

      Trade Review
      Warm, witty, imaginative . . . A rich and winning book * New Yorker *
      Told in gutsy language . . . Her story is an encouraging and enjoyable one for any member of the human race * New York Review of Books *
      One of the greatest writers of our time
      Zora Neale Hurston was a knockout in her life, a wonderful writer and a fabulous person. Devilishly funny and academically solid: delicious mixture
      A different kind of a book, absorbing, human, entertaining, with occasional strong flavor * Kirkus Reviews *

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