Mules and Men is one of the books that brought Zora Neale Hurston back onto the literary scene after her work had faded almost into obscurity.  It was rediscovered by Alice Walker, and she spoke about it in her article to Ms. Magazine titled “In search of Zora Neale Hurston.”  After this article, Mules and…

Mule Bone: A Comedy of Negro Life was written by Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston in 1930. The two authors were great friends in their early 20s when they decided they wanted to accurately depict black life as it had not been portrayed before by white folk. At this time the only portrayal of…