Photo: #Brother Ali with one of his favorite books, Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God."
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Brother Ali with one of his favorite books, Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God." (MPR Photo/Larissa Anderson)

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The Bookshelf

The literary life of Brother Ali

June 21, 2007

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St. Paul, Minn. — Brother Ali, a recording artist with the Minneapolis-based Rhymesayers record label, came to our studio with a copy of Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God."

This literary classic, known for its use of Black Southern dialect and its exploration of race, gender and self-empowerment, is meaningful to Ali on many levels.

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