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Podcast: Art Works Podcast
Episode: Valerie Boyd on Zora Neale Hurston
Description: We’re marking Women’s history month by replaying my in-depth interview with the late Valerie Boyd who wrote the acclaimed “Wrapped in Rainbows: the Biography of Zora Neale Hurston.” Zora Neale Hurston is now recognized one of America’s great authors whose work opened doors for writers like Toni Morrison and Alice Walker. When we heard that Valerie Boyd who wrote the acclaimed biography of Hurston “Wrapped in Rainbows: The Biography of Zora Neale Hurston” died on February 17, it seemed appropriate to honor both women by revisiting my 2006 in-depth interview with Valerie Boyd about Hurston and “Their Eyes Were Watching God...