Langston Hughes
Born
in Joplin, Missouri, The United States
February 01, 1902
Died
May 22, 1967
Genre
Influences
Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Carl Sandburg, Walt Whitman
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The Collected Poems
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15 editions
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published
1994
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Selected Poems
29 editions
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published
1959
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The Ways of White Folks
30 editions
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published
1934
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Not Without Laughter
by
70 editions
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published
1930
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The Weary Blues
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published
1925
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The Big Sea
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47 editions
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published
1940
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I, Too, Am America
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The Best of Simple: Stories
17 editions
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published
1961
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The Dream Keeper and Other Poems
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35 editions
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published
1932
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My People
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2 editions
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published
2009
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“Life is for the living.
Death is for the dead.
Let life be like music.
And death a note unsaid.”
― The Collected Poems
Death is for the dead.
Let life be like music.
And death a note unsaid.”
― 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.”
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The Minister's Black Veil by Nathaniel Hawthorne, under 20 pages, 1836
The Weary Blues by Langston Hughes, 122 pages, 1925
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