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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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Average rating: 4.28 · 68,980 ratings · 6,474 reviews · 646 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Collected Poems by Langston Hughes, Arnold Rampersad (Editor) 4.36 avg rating — 18,292 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 — 8,454 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 — 5,616 ratings — published 1934 — 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
	Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou (Introduction) 4.24 avg rating — 3,929 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 4.43 avg rating — 3,302 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) 4.23 avg rating — 2,042 ratings — published 1940 — 52 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 — 1,751 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 — 1,327 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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Series by Langston Hughes

The Collected Works of Langston Hughes (16 books)
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Simple (4 books)
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