Marita Golden

MARITA GOLDEN is the author of over a dozen works of fiction and nonfiction, including Migrations of the Heart, Don’t Play in the Sun: One Woman’s Journey Through the Color Complex, and the award-winning novel After. She is cofounder and president emeritus of the Hurston/ Wright Foundation. The Zora Neale Hurston/ Richard Wright Foundation is the nation’s resource center for writers, readers, and supporters of Black literature. Founded in 1990 by Marita Golden and Clyde McElvene, the Foundation’s mission is to discover, develop, and honor Black writers at every stage of their development.