Zora Neale Hurston discussion September 2011

Anyone up to re-discuss Hurston?  Here are some of the themes we discussed five years ago:

• Autobiography vs. Fiction

• How fictionalized is her autobiography, how autobiographical is her fiction?  (For example, where and when was she born?)

• Religion/God
• Originally, I read Dust Tracks on a Road, her autobiography, and I completely missed the implications of the last line.  Anyone else read it?
• Race issues (or lack of)
• Dialogue written in dialect (I am planning on listening to the audio book of Their Eyes Were Watching God as recommended by a friend.)
• Journeys

Any comments?

Welcome to the BOOK BITES blog!

Book Bites reading group has been meeting at the Key West branch of the Monroe County Public Library in Florida for five years this month!  We started in September 2006 by discussing Florida writer Zora Neale Hurston.  The original concept for Book Bites was more of a reading group as opposed to an "all read the same book" club.  Of course it has varied through out the years, sometimes discussing just one book, sometimes discussing an entire genre.  But we are still meeting almost every month at the library in Key West.  I am hoping this blog will expand the monthly discussions to include those who are not able to make it to the library, or even those who  do not live in Key West.  So please join us at the Library or online!