NPR News Now

The book was mentioned as the 1937 novel that immortalized the town of Eatonville, highlighting its historical significance.

"

The town is Eatonville, immortalized in the 1937 Zora Neale Hurston novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. It was one of the first self-governing all-black towns in the United States.

— Episode: NPR News: 05-01-2024 3PM EDT

Episode: NPR News: 05-01-2024 3PM EDT

The book was mentioned as the 1937 novel that immortalized the town of Eatonville, highlighting its historical significance.

"

The town is Eatonville, immortalized in the 1937 Zora Neale Hurston novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. It was one of the first self-governing all-black towns in the United States.

Podcast

This novel was taught by the guest when Hurricane Katrina occurred, and it was noted that the book actually concludes by referencing the Lake Okeechobee flood of 1928, which was comparably devastating.

"

And I happened to teach a novel by Zora Neale Hurston called Their Eyes Were Watching God, which is actually ends on a different historical flood, the Lake Okeechobee flood of 1928, which was in many...

— Episode: The Great Mississippi Flood | Media Stor...

Episode: The Great Mississippi Flood | Media Storm | 4

This novel was taught by the guest when Hurricane Katrina occurred, and it was noted that the book actually concludes by referencing the Lake Okeechobee flood of 1928, which was comparably devastating.

"

And I happened to teach a novel by Zora Neale Hurston called Their Eyes Were Watching God, which is actually ends on a different historical flood, the Lake Okeechobee flood of 1928, which was in many ways more devastating to life than the 1927 flood.

Podcast

The Daily Stoic

This book was mentioned as one that the podcast host read during her junior and senior years of high school and played a role in her growing appreciation for literature.

"

that was when I read their eyes are watching God I already know her said who I later named my daughter after

— Episode: Maya Smart on Transforming Education and...

Episode: Maya Smart on Transforming Education and the Power...