{"product_id":"9780743253291","title":"Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom critically acclaimed journalist Valerie Boyd comes an eloquent profile of one of the most intriguing cultural figures of the twentieth century—Zora Neale Hurston.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA woman of enormous talent and remarkable drive, Zora Neale Hurston published seven books, many short stories, and several articles and plays over a career that spanned more than thirty years. Today, nearly every black woman writer of significance—including Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, and Alice Walker—acknowledges Hurston as a literary foremother, and her 1937 masterpiece \u003ci\u003eTheir Eyes Were Watching God \u003c\/i\u003ehas become a crucial part of the modern literary canon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWrapped in Rainbows\u003c\/i\u003e, 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’s history—her youth in the country’s 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, \u003ci\u003eWrapped in Rainbows\u003c\/i\u003e not only positions Hurston’s work in her time but also offers riveting implications for our own.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47014865830128,"sku":"9780743253291","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780743253291_p0.jpg?v=1763628845","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780743253291","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}