In this monthly series, co-hosts Jennifer Keishin Armstrong and Zakiya Dalila Harris discuss the professional feuds, sex scandals, messy public breakups, and controversial legacies of history’s literary legends and how those are relevant in light of current culture, issues, discussions and literature. The first episode examines the feud between Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston with guest Yuval Taylor, author of Zora and Langston: A Story of Friendship and Betrayal.

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