Dec 27, 2009

Spunk | What Do I Read Next?

• ‘‘The Gilded Six-Bits’’ (1933), one of Hurston’s most popular and well-known stories. Set in Eatonville, it tells of the marriage of Missie May and Joe Banks, and how it is almost destroyed by the lure of wealth.

• Dust Tracks on a Road (1942) is Zora Neale Hurston’s autobiography. Its early chapters focus on Hurston’s early life in Eatonville, Florida, an all-black township that resembles the setting of ‘‘Spunk.’’ This telling of her life is as entertaining as it is unreliable—several important facts, including her age and her contributions,...