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“Zora and Langston: A Story of Friendship and Betrayal”

An evening with Yuval Tyler and his new literary history:
“Zora and Langston: A Story of Friendship and Betrayal”

The moving account of one of the most influential friendships and sensational “break-ups” in literature: Zora Neale Hurston (Their Eyes Were Watching God) and Langston Hughes (The Negro Speaks of Rivers).

Both were leading lights of the Harlem Renaissance. Taylor’s new book, based on extensive archival research, tells the story of these two writers– their collaboration and falling out. It is also a gripping account of the vibrant intellectual-literary scene in Harlem: the journals established, the apartments where writers and artists met, the patrons who supported (and at times tried to control) their literary work, and the incredible explosion of creativity.

Yuval Taylor is senior editor of Chicago Review Press. He is the author of Faking It: The Quest for Authenticity in Popular Music and  the editor of Growing Up in Slavery: Stories of Young Slaves as Told by Themselves.

A HarlemRenaissance100 event.

Suggested donation: $5-10











When: Wed., Apr. 17, 2019 at 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Where: Revolution Books
437 Malcolm X Blvd./Lenox Ave. @132nd St
212-691-3345
Price: $5-10 donation, or pay what you can
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An evening with Yuval Tyler and his new literary history:
“Zora and Langston: A Story of Friendship and Betrayal”

The moving account of one of the most influential friendships and sensational “break-ups” in literature: Zora Neale Hurston (Their Eyes Were Watching God) and Langston Hughes (The Negro Speaks of Rivers).

Both were leading lights of the Harlem Renaissance. Taylor’s new book, based on extensive archival research, tells the story of these two writers– their collaboration and falling out. It is also a gripping account of the vibrant intellectual-literary scene in Harlem: the journals established, the apartments where writers and artists met, the patrons who supported (and at times tried to control) their literary work, and the incredible explosion of creativity.

Yuval Taylor is senior editor of Chicago Review Press. He is the author of Faking It: The Quest for Authenticity in Popular Music and  the editor of Growing Up in Slavery: Stories of Young Slaves as Told by Themselves.

A HarlemRenaissance100 event.

Suggested donation: $5-10

Buy tickets/get more info now