Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes (1902-67) was born in Joplin, Missouri, was educated at Lincoln University, and lived for most of his life in New York City. He is best known as a poet, but he also wrote novels, biography, history, plays, and children's books. Among his works are two volumes of memoirs, The Big Sea and I Wonder as I Wander, and two collections of Simple stories, The Best of Simple and The Return of Simple.


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Simple's Uncle Sam
Simple's Uncle Sam

Langston Hughes; Introduction by Akiba Sullivan Harper
Hill and Wang

Langston Hughes's most beloved character comes back to life in this extraordinary collection Langston Hughes is best known as a poet, but he was also a...


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The Short Stories of Langston Hughes
The Short Stories of Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes; Edited by Akiba Sullivan Harper; With an Introduction by Arnold Rampersad
Hill and Wang

This collection of forty-seven stories written between 1919 and 1963--the most comprehensive available--showcases Langston Hughes's literary blossoming and the...


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The Return of Simple
The Return of Simple

Langston Hughes
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Jesse B. Simple, Simple to his fans, made weekly appearances beginning in 1943 in Langston Hughes' column in the Chicago Defender. Simple may have shared his...


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The Big Sea
The Big Sea

Langston Hughes; Introduction by Arnold Rampersad
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Introduction by Arnold Rampersad. Langston Hughes, born in 1902, came of age early in the 1920s. In The Big Sea he recounts those memorable years in the two...


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I Wonder as I Wander
I Wonder as I Wander

Langston Hughes; Introduction by Arnold Rampersad
Hill and Wang

In I Wonder as I Wander, Langston Hughes vividly recalls the most dramatic and intimate moments of his life in the turbulent 1930s. His wanderlust leads him...


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The Best of Simple
The Best of Simple

Langston Hughes
Hill and Wang

Langston Hughes's stories about Jesse B. Semple--first composed for a weekly column in the Chicago Defender and then collected in Simple Speaks His Mind,...


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