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Langston Hughes

(James Mercer Langston Hughes)

(1902 - 1967)

James Mercer Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. He moved to New York City as a young man, where he made his career.

Genres: General Fiction

Series

Simple
   Simple Speaks His Mind (1950)
   Simple Takes a Wife (1953)
   Simple Stakes a Claim (1957)
   The Best of Simple (1961)
   Simple's Uncle Sam (1965)
   The Early Simple Stories (2002)
   The Later Simple Stories (2002)
   The Return of Simple (2011)

Novels

Not Without Laughter (1930)
Tambourines to Glory (1958)

Collections

   The Weary Blues (poems) (1926)
   The Dream Keeper and Other Poems (poems) (1932)
   The Ways of White Folks (1934)
   Jim Crow's Last Stand (poems) (1943)
   Laughing to Keep from Crying (1952)
   Ask Your Mama (poems) (1961)
   The Panther and the Lash (poems) (1967)
   The Poems: 1921-1940 (poems) (2001)
   The Poems: 1941-1950 (poems) (2001)
   The Poems: 1951-1967 (poems) (2001)
   Let America Be America Again (poems) (2004)
   The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes (poems) (2008)
   The Langston Hughes Reader (2017)
   Selected Poems (poems) (2020)
   Poetry for Young People (poems) (2021)
   An Earth Song (poems) (2023)

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Books containing stories by Langston Hughes

Shadow & Verse (2024)
Classic Dark Poems with Celebrity Commentary
edited by
Jonathan Maberry

American Christmas Stories (2021)
edited by
Connie Willis

Manhattan Noir 2 (2008)
The Classics
(Akashic Noir)
edited by
Lawrence Block

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