
Zora Neale Hurston’s Long Lost Play ‘Spunk’ Comes Alive — 100 Years After She First Wrote It
by Daniel Johnson October 12, 2025 Hurston wrote a short story, titled “Spunk,” in 1925 and a decade later she turned it into a play. In 1925, Zora Neale Hurston wrote a short story titled “Spunk,” and a decade she turned it into a play. However, because the play went


















