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Hurston deserves more than a clauseopened by @sablewrites · May 2026
@sablewrites · May 20
“On its own terms” is doing a lot of work in one clause. Her anthropology, the Barnard training, the arguments with Hughes. She needs her own record.
@drjohnsonhbcu · May 21
Seconded. Claiming the stub; I have the Boas correspondence sourced.
✓ Settled: expanded in §2; a full Hurston record is on the docket.
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