Davis, Rose Parkman. Zora Neale Hurston: An Annotated Bibliography and Reference Guide, Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1997.

Compiled by a librarian, this is an exhaustive annotated guide to books, dissertations, articles, chapters, book reviews, children's books and web sites dealing with Hurston's life and work.

Giovanni, Nikki, editor. Shimmy Shimmy Shimmy Like My Sister Kate: Looking at the Harlem Renaissance Through Poems, New York: Henry Holt, 1996.

A highly praised anthology of poetry from Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, Countee Cullen, Gwendolyn Brooks and others, interspersed with Giovanni's perceptive commentary on the poems, history, and biography.

Hemenway, Robert E. Zora Neale Hurston: A Literary Biography, University of Illinois Press, 1977.

The first full-length biography, based on original manuscripts and letters, as well as interviews with Hurston's friends and colleagues. Hemenway is frank about gaps in his research and questions that still need definitive answers.

Howard, Lillie P. Zora Neale Hurston...