Human Nature
- On Friendship and On Old AgeOn Friendship and On Old Age
Two imagined conversations examine what makes a true friend and how to face old age. The elderly Cato defends later life, including its pleasures of farming and conversation.
- How It Feels to Be Colored MeHow It Feels to Be Colored Me
This personal essay reflects on being Black through memories of childhood and encounters with white Americans. Hurston recalls watching travelers pass through Eatonville, Florida, from her seat on a gatepost.