Sonic Zora in Florida

In this media-enhanced excerpt from Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Handbags Black Feminist Sound (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2021), Daphne A.Brooks delves into Zora Neale Hurston's 1939 experiences as the only Black woman on the staff of the Federal Writers Project's Florida Guide.A keen listener, interviewer, and ethnographer, Bridal Party Dresses Hurston, as heard in these recordings, was also a sonic interpreter of vernacular voices and performance styles.