Zora Neale Hurston: A kwansaba
- Zora Neale HurstonA kwansaba
Woman dipped in dialect, hoodoo, and academy caught all those tongues marked folksy blues sinking into clay, islands, pangea broken, feeling whole in memory, resting solid in mouths, against gums. Those parting smiles recall heat burnin’ that jook called the ’rati Manor, fyah jumpin’ at de sun, fulla spunk. [End Page 64]
Tara Betts
Tara Betts is the author of Arc and Hue (Aquarius Press). She teaches creative writing at Rutgers University and writing workshops with teens. Betts attended the Cave Canem workshop and is a graduate of the New England College MFA Program. For more information, visit www.tarabetts.net .
