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Today, nearly every black woman writer of significance鈥攊ncluding Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, and Alice Walker鈥攁cknowledges Hurston as a literary foremother, and her 1937 masterpiece <i>Their Eyes Were Watching God </i>has become a crucial part of the modern literary canon.<br> <br><i>Wrapped in Rainbows</i>, the first biography of Zora Neale Hurston in more than twenty-five years, illuminates the adventures, complexities, and sorrows of an extraordinary life. Acclaimed journalist Valerie Boyd delves into Hurston鈥檚 history鈥攈er youth in the country鈥檚 first incorporated all-black town, her friendships with luminaries such as Langston Hughes, her sexuality and short-lived marriages, and her mysterious relationship with vodou. With the Harlem Renaissance, the Great Depression, and World War II as historical backdrops, <i>Wrapped in Rainbows</i> not only positions Hurston鈥檚 work in her time but also offers riveting implications for our own.</div></div></div><div class="search_box_wrapper"></div></td> </tr></table><div id="summary-second-column"></div></div></div></div></div><div class=vertical_module_list_row><h3 class=about_title><a name="book_other_versions_anchor"></a>Other editions - <a href='https://books.google.com.sg/books?q=editions:ISBN1439125414&id=m3fqDBfpjZoC'>View all</a></h3><div id=book_other_versions class=about_content><div id=book_other_versions_v><div class="one-third-column"><div class="crsiwrapper"><table class="rsi" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=0><tr><td class="coverdstd" align="center"><a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=bH_DBVJ1vXYC&source=gbs_book_other_versions_r&cad=1" ><img alt="" class="coverthumb hover-card-attach-point" src="https://books.google.com.sg/books/content?id=bH_DBVJ1vXYC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl" border="0" height="80"></a></td><td valign=top><div class=resbdy><a class="primary cresbdy" href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=bH_DBVJ1vXYC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_book_other_versions_r&cad=1"><span dir=ltr>Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston</span></a><br><span style="line-height: 1.3em; font-size:-1;"><span><a href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Valerie+Boyd%22" class="secondary"><span dir=ltr>Valerie Boyd</span></a></span><br/><span><span style="color:#99522e">Limited preview</span> - 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She was the founder and director of the MFA Program in Narrative Nonfiction and the Charlayne Hunter-Gault professor of journalism at the University of Georgia. She was editor-at-large at the University of Georgia Press and senior consulting editor for <i>The Bitter Southerner</i>.</div></div></div></div><div class=vertical_module_list_row><h3 class="about_title">Bibliographic information</h3><div class="about_content" id="metadata_content" style="padding-bottom:.3em"><div class="metadata_sectionwrap"><table id="metadata_content_table"><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label">Title</td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Author</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Valerie+Boyd%22&source=gbs_metadata_r&cad=3"><span dir=ltr>Valerie Boyd</span></a></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Publisher</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>Simon and Schuster, 2011</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>ISBN</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>1439125414, 9781439125410</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Length</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>528 pages</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Subjects</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><div style="display:inline" itemscope itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/Breadcrumb"><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=subject:%22Biography+%26+Autobiography%22" itemprop="url" dir=ltr><span itemprop="title">Biography & Autobiography</span></a></div> › <div style="display:inline" itemscope itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/Breadcrumb"><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=subject:%22Biography+%26+Autobiography+Cultural,+Ethnic+%26+Regional%22" itemprop="url" dir=ltr><span itemprop="title">Cultural, Ethnic & Regional</span></a></div> › <div style="display:inline" itemscope itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/Breadcrumb"><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=subject:%22Biography+%26+Autobiography+Cultural,+Ethnic+%26+Regional+General%22" itemprop="url" dir=ltr><span itemprop="title">General</span></a></div><br><br><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=subject:%22Biography+%26+Autobiography+/+Cultural,+Ethnic+%26+Regional+/+General%22&source=gbs_metadata_r&cad=3"><span dir=ltr>Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / General</span></a><br/><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=subject:%22Biography+%26+Autobiography+/+Literary+Figures%22&source=gbs_metadata_r&cad=3"><span dir=ltr>Biography & Autobiography / Literary Figures</span></a><br/><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=subject:%22Biography+%26+Autobiography+/+Women%22&source=gbs_metadata_r&cad=3"><span dir=ltr>Biography & Autobiography / Women</span></a></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td>&nbsp</td><td>&nbsp</td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Export Citation</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><a class="gb-button " href="https://books.google.com.sg/books/download/Wrapped_in_Rainbows.bibtex?id=m3fqDBfpjZoC&output=bibtex"><span dir=ltr>BiBTeX</span></a> <a class="gb-button " href="https://books.google.com.sg/books/download/Wrapped_in_Rainbows.enw?id=m3fqDBfpjZoC&output=enw"><span dir=ltr>EndNote</span></a> <a class="gb-button " href="https://books.google.com.sg/books/download/Wrapped_in_Rainbows.ris?id=m3fqDBfpjZoC&output=ris"><span dir=ltr>RefMan</span></a></td></tr></table></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div><script>_OC_addFlags({Host:"https://books.google.com.sg/", IsZipitFolderCollectionEnabled:1, IsBooksUnifiedLeftNavEnabled:1, IsBooksRentalEnabled:1, IsBrowsingHistoryEnabled:1});_OC_Run({"is_cobrand":false,"sign_in_url":"https://www.google.com/accounts/Login?service=print\u0026continue=https://books.google.com.sg/books%3Fid%3Dm3fqDBfpjZoC%26pg%3DPT19%26redir_esc%3Dy%26hl%3Den\u0026hl=en"}, {"volume_id":"m3fqDBfpjZoC","is_ebook":true,"volumeresult":{"has_flowing_text":true,"has_scanned_text":false,"can_download_pdf":false,"can_download_epub":false,"is_pdf_drm_enabled":false,"is_epub_drm_enabled":false},"sample_url":"https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=m3fqDBfpjZoC\u0026source=gbs_atb_hover","is_browsable":false,"is_public_domain":false}, {});</script><div id="footer_table" style="font-size:83%;text-align:center;position:relative;top:20px;height:4.5em;margin-top:2em"><div style="margin-bottom:8px"><a href="/intl/en/googlebooks/about.html"><nobr><nobr>About Google Books</nobr></nobr></a> - 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