aired the week of May 15, 2023

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston is a classic of the Harlem Renaissance.  Written in 1937 this is Hurston's best known work.  We are introduced to young Janie Crawford as she comes of age and is married off to a local farmer who just wants domestic help.  Longing for love she leaves him when Jody Starks comes by and promises her a better life.  Things don't pan out the way Janie had hoped but she is a woman in charge of her own destiny.