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Chrystal asked this question about Not Without Laughter (Dover Thrift Editions: Black History):
There is a quote in the novel that contains the phrase "not without laughter". Does anyone know in which chapter or on what page it can be found?
ross From ch. 25, "Pool Hall" - "No matter how belligerent or lewd their talk was, or how sordid the tales they told - of dangerous pleasures and strange p…moreFrom ch. 25, "Pool Hall" - "No matter how belligerent or lewd their talk was, or how sordid the tales they told - of dangerous pleasures and strange perversities - these black men laughed. That must be the reason, thought Sandy, why poverty-stricken old Negroes like Uncle Dan Givens lived so long - because to them, no matter how hard life might be, it was not without laughter."(less)
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Not Without Laughter
by Langston Hughes
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