A legacy restored: former Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app professor brings posthumous Zora Neale Hurston novel to light
03/26/25 — Convinced of its literary and anthropological value, Hurston continued to revise the unpublished manuscript until her death in 1960. When a handyman tasked with clearing out her home set fire to her trunk, the manuscript was almost lost forever.
