Books by Deborah G. Plant

This biography explores Alice Walker's life experiences and her lifework in context of her philosophical thought, and celebrates the author's creative genius and heroism. Born in Eatonton, GA, in 1944, a daughter of sharecroppers, Alice Walker has lived a remarkable and courageous life, and she continues to do so as an elder.

The author of such great works as Their Eyes Were Watching God, Moses, Man of the Mountain, Jonah's Gourd Vine, Mules and Men, as well as essays, folklore, short stories, poetry, and more, Zora Neale Hurston is regarded as one of the pillars of the Harlem Renaissance, as well as one of the most important and influential African American writers of the past century. Here, Plant offers a biography of the literary master that takes her spirituality into account in both her life and her works in order to shape a fuller picture of the woman, the writer, the philosopher, and the spirit that animated this gifted American author.

Zora Neale Hurston is regarded as an integral part of the Harlem Renaissance and an important and influential African American writer. This biography takes into account the whole woman, the writer, the philosopher, and the spiritual soul and examines each as it is reflected in her career, fiction and nonfiction publications, and her death.