In this 1939 novel based on the familiar story of the Exodus, Zora Neale Hurston blends the Moses of the Old Testament with the Moses of black folklore and song to create a compelling allegory of power, redemption, and faith. Narrated in a mixture of biblical rhetoric, black dialect, and colloquial [...]
Ursa Corregidora, singing of fear, pain, and longing in a Kentucky cafe cannot pass on the corruption, lust, and hatred of the Portuguese slaveholder who fathered both her grandmother and mother[...]