Author: Krystal Ferguson

Founded to support African-American literature and named after celebrated black writers Zora Neal Hurston and Richard Wright, the nonprofit Hurston/Wright Foundation marked its 25th anniversary

National Book Award-winning poet Nikky Finney and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa read works they wrote in tribute to Richard Wright and Zora Neale Hurston,

The Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation announces the 2015 Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards Winners and Finalists: Legacy Award winners and finalists FICTION Winner: Laila Lalami, The Moor’s