NOVEMBER 24, 2026
PAPERBACK (TÊTE-BÊCHE BOOK) | 4 x 6 | 32 + 32 PAGES | $16.00
978-1-954992-45-0
FICTION | CHAPBOOK | SHORT STORIES
Stories of Endurance in the Florida Heat: A Literary Double Feature
In this reversible tête‑bêche volume, Zora Neale Hurston’s iconic story Sweat meets Lisa Cupolo’s contemporary response Fort Pierce, Florida, creating a dialogue across nearly a century of American storytelling. Hurston’s tale of endurance, danger, and spiritual reckoning is set against Cupolo’s portrait of a woman navigating the heat, labor, and emotional fault lines of Florida. Together, the two stories illuminate how women survive what bears down on them—violence, work, weather, and the men who underestimate their strength.
Delia Jones works and suffers under the weight of an abusive marriage, her sweat becoming both burden and liberation as the story builds toward its unforgettable climax. Fort Pierce, Florida imagines Hurston late in life, working as a motel maid. Lisa Cupolo’s portrait is quiet, tender, and steeped in Florida dusk—an homage to the artist’s dignity, invisibility, and lasting brilliance.
Lisa Cupolo is the author of Have Mercy on Us (Regal House). Her work has appeared in The Virginia Quarterly Review, Ploughshares, Narrative, The Idaho Review, and many others.
Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) was a world-renowned writer and anthropologist. Her novels, short stories, and plays often depicted African American life in the South.
NOVEMBER 24, 2026
PAPERBACK (TÊTE-BÊCHE BOOK) | 4 x 6 | 32 + 32 PAGES | $16.00
978-1-954992-45-0
FICTION | CHAPBOOK | SHORT STORIES
Stories of Endurance in the Florida Heat: A Literary Double Feature
In this reversible tête‑bêche volume, Zora Neale Hurston’s iconic story Sweat meets Lisa Cupolo’s contemporary response Fort Pierce, Florida, creating a dialogue across nearly a century of American storytelling. Hurston’s tale of endurance, danger, and spiritual reckoning is set against Cupolo’s portrait of a woman navigating the heat, labor, and emotional fault lines of Florida. Together, the two stories illuminate how women survive what bears down on them—violence, work, weather, and the men who underestimate their strength.
Delia Jones works and suffers under the weight of an abusive marriage, her sweat becoming both burden and liberation as the story builds toward its unforgettable climax. Fort Pierce, Florida imagines Hurston late in life, working as a motel maid. Lisa Cupolo’s portrait is quiet, tender, and steeped in Florida dusk—an homage to the artist’s dignity, invisibility, and lasting brilliance.
Lisa Cupolo is the author of Have Mercy on Us (Regal House). Her work has appeared in The Virginia Quarterly Review, Ploughshares, Narrative, The Idaho Review, and many others.
Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) was a world-renowned writer and anthropologist. Her novels, short stories, and plays often depicted African American life in the South.
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