The Outer Dark presents ‘The Horizon is Still Way Beyond You: Zora Neale Hurston’s Life and Legacy’ panel at NecronomiCon 2022 featuring Edward M. Erdelac (moderator), Nicole Givens Kurtz, and Adam Golaski plus a bonus interview with Nicole Givens Kurtz about Blackened Roots: An Anthology of the Undead (February 2023, Mocha Memoirs Press). This podcast’s content was recorded in Providence, Rhode Island, on August 19, 2022.
Show Notes
The Outer Dark presents ‘The Horizon Is Still Way Beyond You: Zora Neale Hurston’s Life and Legacy’ panel at NecronomiCon 2022 (0:15:04). Edward M. Erdelac (moderator), Nicole Givens Kurtz, and Adam Golaski discuss the enduring legacy of Zora Neale Hurston, a Star of the Harlem Renaissance, author, anthropologist, journalist, and filmmaker. Hurston fell into relative obscurity for some decades before interest in her work was revitalized in the late 20th Century. The podcast begins with a bonus interview with Nicole Givens Kurtz about edi the exciting upcoming Blackened Roots: An Anthology of the Undead (February 2023, Mocha Memoirs Press), which she is co-editing with Tonia Ransom at Nightlight podcast. This highly anticipated book features nontraditional zombie stories from the African diaspora by an international line-up of contemporary Black spec-lit authors and is being funded by an Indiegogo campaign. Thank you to Niels Hobbs, Ken Vaughan, and all the fabulous NecronomiCon 2022 team for allowing us to air this podcast’s content, which was recorded in Providence, Rhode Island, on August 19, 2022.
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‘Sweat’ (ZNH)
‘Tell My Horse’ (ZNH)
Harlem Renaissance (National Gallery of Art)
Harlem Renaissance (Smithsonian)
‘Early Black Writers, Speculative Fiction and Confronting Racial Terror’ (Phenderson Djeli Clark)
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‘THE FORGOTTEN STORY OF ORSON WELLES’ ALL-BLACK ‘MACBETH’ PRODUCTION‘ (by Kashann Kilson)
Dust Tracks on a Road (ZNH)
‘The Ash Tree’ (by M.R. James)
‘The Gullah Language of African America, a story’ (African American Registry)
The Color Purple (film trailer, 1985)
National Sampler: Florida Audio (ZNH; Alan Lomax) [The American Folklife Center]
Zora Neal Hurston Plays at the Library of Congress
Mary Margaret McBride interview with Zora Neale Hurston (excerpt of live recording here)
The Eyes of the Panther (by Ambrose Bierce)
Show Credits
Hosts/Producers: Scott Nicolay and Anya Martin
Co-Host, News from The Weird: Justin Steele
Co-Host, Reviews from The Weird: Gordon B. White
Symposium Assistant Director: Melanie Crew
Symposium Programming Coordinator: Jess Lewis
Symposium Logistics: Melissa Eisner
Logo Design: Nick “The Hat” Gucker
Music: Michael Griffin