Zora! Festival academic conference keynote address

Description

“I feel most colored when I am thrown against a sharp white background,” Zora Neale Hurston wrote in her ground-breaking essay, “How It Feels to Be Colored Me.” Hurston understood the power of place and space to hinder or promote self-expression. This talk explores – and celebrates – ways in which Black women writers have nourished themselves and others through developing and occupying affirming places and spaces in opposition to oppressive environments.

Period	31 Jan 2025
Event type	Public lecture/seminar/debate
Location	Maitland, Florida, United States, FloridaShow on map
Degree of Recognition	International