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Revisiting ‘Their Eyes Were Watching God’ | NPR's Book of the Day
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38:00Now PlayingJanie Crawford back in her hometown of Eatonville, Florida recounts a journey of selfdiscovery, structured around three marriages. Their Eyes Were Watching God is Zora Neale Hurston’s most celebrated work and a classic text of the Harlem Renaissance. In today’s Books We’ve Loved, Andrew Limbong and B.A. Parker, joined by R. Eric Thomas () , discuss what makes this novel a comingofage story, despite its focus on a woman in her late 30s. And special guest Tayari Jones () shares her take on Hurston’s relationship to folklore.
Eric’s Recommendation: ‘Getting Mother's Body’ by Suzan-Lori Parks
Parker’s Recommendation: ‘Like Water for Chocolate’ by Laura Esquivel
Andrew’s Recommendation: ‘Tom Lake’ by Ann Patchett
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