Zora Neale Hurston By JamesTonerUSA Period: Jan 1, 1926 to Dec 31, 1948 Life's Published Work May 15, 1926 Short Story "Sweat" Uses her wits to outsmart her abusive, unfaithful husband Jun 8, 1933 Short Story "The Gilded-Six Bits" Reclaims her sexuality after bearing a child within her marriage Feb 17, 1934 First Novel "Jonah's Gourd Vine" May 16, 1935 "Mules and Men" Dec 18, 1937 "Their Eyes Were Watching God" May 16, 1938 "Tell My Horse" May 16, 1939 "Moses, Man of the Mountain" Jan 19, 1942 "Dust Tracks on a Road" Apr 7, 1948 "Seraph on the Suwanee"