{"product_id":"mule-bone-a-comedy-of-negro-life-9780061651120","title":"Mule Bone: A Comedy of Negro Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe only collaboration between the two brightest lights of the Harlem Renaissance--Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1930, two giants of African American literature joined forces to create a lively, insightful, often wildly farcical look inside a rural Southern black community--the three-act play \u003cem\u003eMule Bone\u003c\/em\u003e. In this hilarious story, Jim and Dave are a struggling song-and-dance team, and when a woman comes between them, chaos ensues in their tiny Florida hometown. This extraordinary theatrical work broke new ground while triggering a bitter controversy between the collaborators that kept it out of the public eye for sixty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition of the rarely seen stage classic features Hurston's original short story, \"The Bone of Contention,\" as well as the complete recounting of the acrimonious literary dispute that prevented \u003cem\u003eMule Bone\u003c\/em\u003e from being produced or published until decades after the authors' deaths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHughes, Langston:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eLangston Hughes (1902-1967) ranks as one of the greatest American poets of the twentieth century. A landmark figure in the Harlem Renaissance, his work profoundly captures and celebrates the trials and triumphs of his exquisitly drawn characters. In addition to his poetry, he was also the author of the novels \u003cem\u003eNot Without Laughter\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSomething in Common\u003c\/em\u003e, the play \u003cem\u003eMulatto\u003c\/em\u003e, and two volumes of autobiography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHurston, Zora Neale:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eZora Neale Hurston was a novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist. An author of four novels (\u003cem\u003eJonah's Gourd Vine\u003c\/em\u003e, 1934; \u003cem\u003eTheir Eyes Were Watching God\u003c\/em\u003e, 1937; \u003cem\u003eMoses, Man of the Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e, 1939; and \u003cem\u003eSeraph on the Suwanee\u003c\/em\u003e, 1948); two books of folklore (\u003cem\u003eMules and Men\u003c\/em\u003e, 1935, and \u003cem\u003eTell My Horse\u003c\/em\u003e, 1938); an autobiography (\u003cem\u003eDust Tracks on a Road\u003c\/em\u003e, 1942); and over fifty short stories, essays, and plays. She attended Howard University, Barnard College and Columbia University, and was a graduate of Barnard College in 1927. She was born on January 7, 1891, in Notasulga, Alabama, and grew up in Eatonville, Florida. She died in Fort Pierce, in 1960. In 1973, Alice Walker had a headstone placed at her gravesite with this epitaph: \"Zora Neale Hurston: A Genius of the South.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amistad Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50646561816850,"sku":"9780061651120","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0acfa953-ac4f-472d-9839-b8fa22b85a09.jpg?v=1737257324","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mule-bone-a-comedy-of-negro-life-9780061651120","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}