This collection of essays analyzes Zora Neale Hurston's impact and enduring relevance as a literary and cultural icon.

Celebrating the breadth and diversity of presentations during a three-year period of the Zora Neale Hurston Conference at Bethune-Cookman University, The essays are representative of Hurston's enduring and far-reaching influence, from Hurston as a progenitor of literary humor and satire in African American literature, to her influence on pedagogy and original interpretations of her folktales and other works like “Sweat” and “Drenched in Light.”. These fresh perspectives and diversity of essays will appeal to long-time Hurston scholars as well as newcomers discovering this literary legend for the first time and illustrate the importance of collective remembrance.

Atreyee Gohain is Assistant Professor of English, at Bethune-Cookman University.
Mary Corliss is Assistant Professor of English, Bethune-Cookman University.
Richard Peacock is Assistant Professor of English at Bethune-Cookman University.