Published in 1937 (and out of print for decades before being reissued in the 1970s), it’s the story of Janie, a Black woman who maintains her fierce independence throughout three marriages. A key figure in the Harlem Renaissance, Hurston wrote many novels, stories, essays and poems, including two long-posthumous books. “Barracoon: The Story of the Last ‘Black Cargo’” and “Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick,” published earlier this year.
