"Jonah's Gourd Vine is a bold and beautiful book, many a page priceless and unforgettable."
Carl Sandburg
"Zora Neale Hurston...has created a glorious paean to the power of the word."
Rita Dove
"Their Eyes belongs in the same category with that of William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Ernest Hemingway- of enduring American literature. One of the finest of all time."
Doris Grumbach, Saturday Review
"Mules and Men is simply the most exciting book on black folklore and culture I have ever read."
Roger D.Abrahams