Genevieve West

M. Genevieve West is Professor of English and Chair of the Department of English, Speech, and Foreign Languages at Texas Woman's University. A scholar of Zora Neale Hurston's work, West has contributed to prestigious academic journals such as African American Review, Amerikastudien/American Studies, Receptions, and Women's Studies. She is the author of one work of literary criticism, Z ora Neale Hurston and American Literary Culture, and the editor of Hurston's Harlem Renaissance short stories...See more

M. Genevieve West is Professor of English and Chair of the Department of English, Speech, and Foreign Languages at Texas Woman's University. A scholar of Zora Neale Hurston's work, West has contributed to prestigious academic journals such as African American Review, Amerikastudien/American Studies, Receptions, and Women's Studies. She is the author of one work of literary criticism, Z ora Neale Hurston and American Literary Culture, and the editor of Hurston's Harlem Renaissance short stories Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick. See less