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Langston Hughes

Born

in Joplin, Missouri, The United States

February 01, 1902

Died

May 22, 1967

Genre

Poetry, Fiction

Influences

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Through poetry, prose, and drama, American writer James Langston Hughes made 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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	The Collected Poems by Langston Hughes, Arnold Rampersad (Editor) 4.36 avg rating — 18,271 ratings — published 1994 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Poems 4.31 avg rating — 8,445 ratings — published 1959 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ways of White Folks 4.47 avg rating — 5,603 ratings — published 1934 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou (Introduction) 4.24 avg rating — 3,913 ratings — published 1930 — 95 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Weary Blues 4.44 avg rating — 3,293 ratings — published 1925 — 74 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Big Sea by Langston Hughes, Arnold Rampersad (Introduction) 4.22 avg rating — 2,038 ratings — published 1940 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I, Too, Am America by Langston Hughes, Bryan Collier (Illustrator) 4.19 avg rating — 1,748 ratings — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best of Simple: Stories 4.39 avg rating — 1,501 ratings — published 1961 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dream Keeper and Other Poems by Langston Hughes, Brian Pinkney (Illustrator), Lee Bennett Hopkins (Introduction) 4.33 avg rating — 1,498 ratings — published 1932 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thank You M'Am by Langston Hughes, Allen Hughes 3.79 avg rating — 1,322 ratings — published 1991 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Collected Works of Langston Hughes (16 books)
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Poll for February's group read. Which selection would you like to read? This poll will remain open until January 27 in order to start reading on Feb 1. Please remember to only vote if you plan on participating.

- The Ways of White Folks by Langston Hughes

16 votes, 25.8%

Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1) by Walter Mosley

- Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley

12 votes, 19.4%

- Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South by Anne Moody

10 votes, 16.1%

- The Narrows by Ann Petry

10 votes, 16.1%

- Mules and Men by Zora Neale Hurston

10 votes, 16.1%

Mules and Men (write-in)

3 votes, 4.8%

The Narrows (write-in)

1 vote, 1.6%

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