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More than sixty years after her passing, Zora Neale Hurston’s newly published novel, The Life of Herod the Great, reimagines archival materials and prompts reflection on the legacies of historical figures and literary objects.
“Get ready for about fifteen drafts.” —Garrard Conley, author of All the World Beside
“I would write the scene and shake my head in disbelief that a character wanted to do that.” —Phillip B. Williams, author of Ours
“The computer I write on is never allowed to go online.” —Margot Livesey, author of The Road From Belhaven
“I believe that writing is just a form of dreaming.” —Nathan Go, author of Forgiving Imelda Marcos
“I need to live life to make art.” —Jamila Minnicks, author of Moonrise Over New Jessup
“In the mornings—or when I roll over from a dream—there’s only God and me talking to each other.” —Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, author of The Love Songs of W. E. B. Du Bois
“You’re neither the genius nor the failure you think you are.” —Jack Wang, author of We Two Alone
“Do the hard stuff first.” —Kaitlyn Greenidge, author of Libertie
