“Miss Dreamsville and the Lost Heiress of Collier County,” by Amy Hill Hearth

January 20, 2016 by Leave a Comment

Reviewed by Daniel James Sundahl There are ladies with stories to tell, maiden ladies, of course, but also ladies with worldly experience, oral histories for sure, and in the south the stories are most fun when they rub against one another, meandering down and along rivulets until collecting in a main stream. I recall, for […]

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Author Anna Lillios Discusses Crossing the Creek: The Literary Friendship of Zora Neale Hurston and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

January 17, 2011 by 1 Comment

Anna Lillios’ study of the fascinating friendship between Zora Neale Hurston and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings has resulted in renewed interest in the stories behind the stories.  Lilios’ recently took time to discuss the path that led her to write Crossing the Creek. She also speaks with SLR Contributor Philip K. Jason about plans for continued research and […]

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Crossing the Creek: The Literary Friendship of Zora Neale Hurston and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, by Anna Lillios

December 29, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Reviewed by Philip K. Jason Crossing the Creek, by Anna Lillios, is a dual biography and critical study placing side by side two amazing women. Subtitled “The Literary Friendship of Zora Neale Hurston and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings,” the book sets into revealing tension the ways each woman made herself into an artist by finding, and […]

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