Thursday, October 18, 2007

Zora Gift Basket Drawing

A gift basket will be given away at the Keynote event, “An Evening Wrapped in Rainbows,” November 10, 2007 in the Magnolia Room of the University Center, Valdosta State University.

Zora basket

All attending the Keynote will be entered in a drawing to win the basket. All who signed up at the Kickoff for a book discussion group are already entered. The basket includes the following items:

Books:

  • Boyd, Valerie. Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston.
  • Hurston, Lucy. Speak, So You Can Speak Again: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston.
  • Hurston, Zora Neale. I Love Myself When I Am Laughing ... and Then Again When I Am Looking Mean and Impressive: A Zora Neale Hurston Reader.
  • Lewis, David, ed. The Portable Harlem Renaissance Reader.
  • Watson, Steven. The Harlem Renaissance: Hub of African-American Culture, 1920-1930.

Books for children and young adults:

  • Giovanni, Nikki. Shimmy Shimmy Shimmy Like My Sister Kate: Looking At The Harlem Renaissance Through Poems.
  • Hill, Laban Carrick. Harlem Stomp! A Cultural History of the Harlem Renaissance.
  • Hurston, Zora Neale, Joyce Carol Thomas, Faith Ringgold. The Three Witches.
  • Hurston, Zora Neale, Joyce Carol Thomas, Christopher Myers. Lies and Other Tall Tales.
  • Hurston, Zora Neale, Joyce Carol Thomas, Ann Tanksley. The Six Fools.

DVD video:

  • Their Eyes were Watching God (film adaptation of Hurston's novel)

Miscellaneous:

  • Zora Neale Hurston finger puppet/magnet
  • Zora Neale Hurston greeting card
  • Harlem Renaissance map/walking tour
  • Harlem Renaissance writers postcard
  • Portrait of Hurston (5” x 7” giclee print)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Wow! The Zora Gift Basket sounds wonderful. I can't wait to see the basket at the Keynote event.