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Langston Hughes


Born
in Joplin, Missouri, The United States
February 01, 1902

Died
May 22, 1967

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Through poetry, prose, and drama, American writerJames Langston Hughesmade important contributions to the Harlem renaissance; his best-known works include Weary Blues (1926) and The Ways of White Folks (1934).

People best know this social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist James Mercer Langston Hughes, one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form jazz poetry, for his famous written work about the period, when "Harlem was in vogue."

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Average rating: 4.28 · 63,419 ratings · 5,641 reviews ·555 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Collected Poems

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4.36 avg rating — 17,826 ratings — published 1994 — 12 editions
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Selected Poems

4.31 avg rating — 8,011 ratings — published 1959 — 29 editions
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The Ways of White Folks

4.46 avg rating — 5,127 ratings — published 1934 — 30 editions
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Not Without Laughter

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4.23 avg rating — 3,379 ratings — published 1930 — 69 editions
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The Weary Blues

4.43 avg rating — 2,679 ratings — published 1925 — 46 editions
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The Big Sea

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4.21 avg rating — 1,879 ratings — published 1940 — 47 editions
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I, Too, Am America

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The Best of Simple: Stories

4.38 avg rating — 1,447 ratings — published 1961 — 19 editions
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The Dream Keeper and Other ...

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4.33 avg rating — 1,400 ratings — published 1932 — 2 editions
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My People (Coretta Scott Ki...

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Quotes by Langston Hughes (?)
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“Hold fast to dreams,
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird,
That cannot fly.”
Langston Hughes

“Life is for the living.
Death is for the dead.
Let life be like music.
And death a note unsaid.”
Langston Hughes, The Collected Poems

“Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.”
Langston Hughes

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