//podcastplus.net/feed/jump-at-the-sun~c34af377 As the '20s roared and the Harlem renaissance thrived, a young woman from rural Florida became the toast of literary New York. Jump At The Sun chronicles the passionate life of Zora Neale Hurston (author of Their Eyes Are Watching God), who went from spinning tales on the front porch of a country store to writing prize-winning stories, novels, and plays. Imbued with the rhymes and rhythms of the Jazz Age, Hurston's story reveals a woman's ferocious appetite for life, literature, and love. Starring (in alphabetical order): David Downing as Buddy, Porter, Juice Cyndi James Gossett as Louise Thompson, Sadie, Lucy, Ann Hurston Tommy Hicks as Langston Hughes, John Hurston, Bits Lamakhosi Kuene as Young Zora, Plum John Lafayette as Herbert SheenMark Christopher Lawrence as Wallace Thurman, Photographer Loren Lester as Franz Boaz Tina Lifford as Zora Neale Hurston Nan Martin as Godmother Marian Mercer as Fanny Hurst Felton Perry as Gene, Charles S. Johnson, Poe Esther Scott as Gwen Benner, Delilah, Effie Mon, 13 Apr 2026 08:40:46 +0000 https://audio-ssl.itunes.apple.com/itunes-assets/AudioPreview113/v4/70/99/7b/70997bb3-6363-7278-a516-a2a896346e8b/mzaf_6831195067208288349.std.aac.p.m4a As the '20s roared and the Harlem renaissance thrived, a young woman from rural Florida became the toast of literary New York. Jump At The Sun chronicles the passionate life of Zora Neale Hurston (author of Their Eyes Are Watching God ), who went from spinning tales on the front porch of a country store to writing prize-winning stories, novels, and plays. Imbued with the rhymes and rhythms of the Jazz Age, Hurston's story reveals a woman's ferocious appetite for life, literature, and love. Starring (in alphabetical order): David Downing as Buddy, Porter, Juice Cyndi James Gossett as Louise Thompson, Sadie, Lucy, Ann Hurston Tommy Hicks as Langston Hughes, John Hurston, Bits Lamakhosi Kuene as Young Zora, Plum John Lafayette as Herbert Sheen Mark Christopher Lawrence as Wallace Thurman, Photographer Loren Lester as Franz Boaz Tina Lifford as Zora Neale Hurston Nan Martin as Godmother Marian Mercer as Fanny Hurst Felton Perry as Gene, Charles S. Johnson, Poe Esther Scott as Gwen Benner, Delil... Mon, 13 Apr 2026 08:40:54 +0000 https://audio-ssl.itunes.apple.com/itunes-assets/AudioPreview113/v4/70/99/7b/70997bb3-6363-7278-a516-a2a896346e8b/mzaf_6831195067208288349.std.aac.p.m4a