Mules and Men is a 1935 ethnographical collection by Zora Neale Hurston, one of the most celebrated writers to come out of the Harlem Renaissance.

It’s well known that Zora was an incredible storyteller, evidenced by novels including Their Eyes Were Watching God, as well as numerous short stories. She was an accomplished ethnographer as well.

Zora was the first black student at Barnard College, the women’s college connected with Columbia. She studied with the noted anthropologist Franz Boas, who recognized her talent and abiding interest in the black cultures of the American South and Caribbean. Boas urged her to pursue more research, something that Zora loved to do. Read More→