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The Life of Langston Hughes: Volume II: 1941-1967, I Dream a ...

The Life of Langston Hughes: Volume II: 1941-1967, I Dream a ...

Arnold Rampersad

Soon after, still in intense pain, Langston was admitted and placed in the care of Dr. A. Jacob Begner, a urologist. ... One scholar reported that Langston “ registered anonymously as 'James Hughes,' and for several days was treated much like ...
Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes

A brief profile of African American poet Langston Hughes accompanies some of his better known poems for children.
The Case of the Frozen Addicts: How the Solution of a ...

The Case of the Frozen Addicts: How the Solution of a ...

J.W. Langston

Langston listened impatiently as Phil outlined the case and how the psychiatrists had decided that the case belonged on Langston's neurobehavior unit. It sounded interesting, but not exactly urgent. Phil Ballard was insistent. “Absolutely .
The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes

The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes

Arranged chronologically, a comprehensive collection of the verse of Langston Hughes contains 860 poems, including three hundred that have never appeared in book form and commentary by Hughes's biographer.
Langston Hughes and the Chicago Defender: Essays on Race, ...

Langston Hughes and the Chicago Defender: Essays on Race, ...

Langston Hughes

A collection of columns written by Langston Hughes between 1942 and 1962 for the "Chicago Defender," offering his views on international race relations, Jim Crow, the South, white supremacy, imperialism and fascism, segregation in the armed ...
The Collected Works of Langston Hughes: Essays on art, race, ...

The Collected Works of Langston Hughes: Essays on art, race, ...

Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes Arnold Rampersad. not been included in this volume. Several important essays by Hughes — "Southern Gentlemen, White Prostitutes, Mill- Owners, and Negroes" (1931), "Brown America in Jail: Kilby" (1932), "Cowards from ...
Langston Hughes: Before and Beyond Harlem ; [a Biography]

Langston Hughes: Before and Beyond Harlem ; [a Biography]

Faith Berry

Depicts the life of the Black American author, Langston Hughes, and examines the development of his writing
Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes

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Provides a biography of Langston Hughes along with critical views of his poetry and prose.
Not Without Laughter

Not Without Laughter

Langston Hughes

Poet Langston Hughes' only novel, a coming-of-age tale that unfolds amid an African-American family in rural Kansas, explores the dilemmas of life in a racially divided society.
Langston Hughes: Young Black Poet

Langston Hughes: Young Black Poet

Montrew Dunham

Focuses on the early years of the well-known poet, Langston Hughes, whose writings reflect the everyday experiences of African Americans.
The Return of Simple

The Return of Simple

Langston Hughes

Jesse B. Simple, Simple to his fans, made weekly appearances beginning in 1943 in Langston Hughes' column in the Chicago Defender.
The Political Plays of Langston Hughes

The Political Plays of Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes

Brings together Hughes's historically valuable plays, prefacing each play with an analysis of the playwright's motivation and insight into his life at the time of the writing.
The Life of Langston Hughes: Volume I: 1902-1941, I, Too, ...

The Life of Langston Hughes: Volume I: 1902-1941, I, Too, ...

Arnold Rampersad

Exhaustively researched in archival collections throughout the country, especially in the Langston Hughes papers at Yale Universitys Beinecke Library, and featuring fifty illustrations per volume, this anniversary edition will offer a new ...
The Collected Works of Langston Hughes: The poems, 1921-1940

The Collected Works of Langston Hughes: The poems, 1921-1940

Langston Hughes

Volume 1 includes the complete texts of four books of verse by Hughes, including his first book, The Weary Blues (1926), and his second, Fine Clothes to the Jew (1927), as well as other poems published by him during and after the Harlem ...
Mexico's Evolving Democracy: A Comparative Study of the 2012 ...

Mexico's Evolving Democracy: A Comparative Study of the 2012 ...

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A Comparative Study of the 2012 Elections Jorge I. Domínguez, Kenneth F. Greene, Chappell H. Lawson, Alejandro Moreno. toPRIrun states (Langston 2010 ; Rosas and Langston 2011). REFERENCES Bruhn, Kathleen. 1997. Taking on ...
Racial Discourse and Cosmopolitanism in Twentieth-Century ...

Racial Discourse and Cosmopolitanism in Twentieth-Century ...

Tania Friedel

JoanneV. Gabbin (Charlottesville: University Pressof Virginia,1999), 17–24;and Steven C. Tracy, “Langston Hughes and AfroAmerican Vernacular Music,” in A Historical Guide to Langston Hughes, ed. Steven C.Tracy (Oxford,England: Oxford ...
Good Morning Revolution: Uncollected Writings of Social Protest

Good Morning Revolution: Uncollected Writings of Social Protest

Langston Hughes

Uncollected Writings of Social Protest Langston Hughes Faith Berry. GOOD MORNING REVOLUTION Uncollected Writings of Social Protest by Langston Hughes Edited and with an introduction by Faith Berry Foreword by Saunders Redding A ...
Langston Hughes: The Voice of Harlem

Langston Hughes: The Voice of Harlem

Brenda Haugen

Read about the life of the famous African American poet.
The Telenizer

The Telenizer

Don Thompson

Langston had technicolor delusions; inanimate objects came alive in his hands; THEY were persecuting him, out to get him ... what a relief it was to know he wasn't going insane!
Langston Hughes: Poet

Langston Hughes: Poet

Jack Rummel

Examines the life of the Harlem poet who spent his career writing about the black experience in America.
Cafe Tropicana

Cafe Tropicana

Belinda Jones

Latte-lover Ava Langston knows exactly what she wants: her very own café in a vintage arcade in Bath and a life free of complicated relationships.
Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes

James A. Emanuel

An analytical perusal of the American author's main works revealing the depth and clarity of his short stories and poems about the condition of Negroes in white America
The Life of Langston Hughes: Volume II: 1914-1967, I Dream a ...

The Life of Langston Hughes: Volume II: 1914-1967, I Dream a ...

Arnold Rampersad

A biography of the Harlem poet whose works gave voice to the joy and pain of the black experience in America.
A Historical Guide to Langston Hughes

A Historical Guide to Langston Hughes

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This volume, with its historical essays, brief biography, and illustrated chronology, provides a concise yet authoritative portrait of one of America's and the world's most beloved writers.
The Life of Langston Hughes: 1941-1967, I dream a world. Vol. 2

The Life of Langston Hughes: 1941-1967, I dream a world. Vol. 2

Arnold Rampersad

Traces the life of the black American poet from the 1940s to his death in 1967
Story Time: Essays on the Betsy Beinecke Shirley Collection ...

Story Time: Essays on the Betsy Beinecke Shirley Collection ...

Brian Alderson

The essays, commissioned for this volume, examine little-known backstories of three hundred years of classic children's literature, from Louisa May Alcott to Langston Hughes to Mo Willems.
Collected Essays

Collected Essays

James Baldwin

A comprehensive compilation of Baldwin's previously published, nonfiction writings encompasses essays on America's racial divide, the social and political turbulence of his time, and his insights into the poetry of Langston Hughes and the ...

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