#  AAAS Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Edits Works of Zora Neale Hurston 

 





January 10, 2022

 

 

On **Tuesday, January 18, 2022**, Harper Collins Publishers will release a comprehensive compilation of almost four decades of nonfiction writing by Zora Neale Hurston entitled *["You Don't Know Us Negroes and Other Essays."](https://www.harpercollins.com/products/you-dont-know-us-negroes-and-other-essays-zora-neale-hurstonhenry-louis-gatesgenevieve-west?variant=39344430514210)* [**AAAS Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr**.](/people/henry-louis-gates-jr) provides the introduction to the essay collection which was edited by both Professor Gates and Genevieve West. Read more about the book on the publisher's [website](https://www.harpercollins.com/products/you-dont-know-us-negroes-and-other-essays-zora-neale-hurstonhenry-louis-gatesgenevieve-west?variant=39344430514210), and read an [interview](https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/88217-you-don-t-know-zora-neale-hurston.html) with Gates and West in *Publisher's Weekly*.

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