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The Weary Blues (poetry). New York: Knopf, 1926. Contains "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," "Mother to Son," "The Weary Blues," and "I, Too."
Fine Clothes to the Jew (poetry). New York: Knopf, 1927. Contains "Song for a Dark Girl."
Not Without Laughter (novel). New York: Knopf, 1930.
Dear Lovely Death (poetry). Amenia, NY: Troutbeck Press, 1931.
The Negro Mother and Other Dramatic Recitations (poetry). New York: Golden Stair, 1931.
The Dream Keeper and Other Poems. New York: Knopf, 1932.
Popo and Fifina: Children of Haiti (juvenile, with Arna Bontemps). New York: Macmillan, 1932.
Scottsboro Limited: Four Poems and a Play. New York: Golden Stair, 1932.
The Ways of White Folks (short stories). New York: Knopf, 1934.
A New Song (poetry, with Robert Glenn). New York: International Workers Order, 1938.
The Big Sea: An Autobiography. New York: Knopf, 1940.
Shakespeare in Harlem (poetry). New York: Knopf, 1942.
Freedom's Plow (poetry). New York: Musette, 1943.
Jim Crow's Last Stand (poetry). Atlanta: Negro Publication Society, 1943.
Fields of Wonder (poetry). New York: Knopf, 1947.
One-Way Ticket (poetry). New York: Knopf, 1949.
Simple Speaks His Mind (short stories). New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950.
Montage of a Dream Deferred (poetry). New York: Holt, 1951. Contains "Dream Boogie," "Harlem," "Theme for English B," "Subway Rush Hour," and "Sliver."
Laughing to Keep from Crying (short stories). New York: Holt, 1952.
The First Book of Negroes (juvenile). New York: Franklin Watts, 1952.
Simple Takes a Wife (short stories). New York: Simon and Schuster, 1953.
The First Book of Rhythms (juvenile). New York: Franklin Watts, 1954.
Famous American Negroes (juvenile). New York: Dodd, Mead, 1954.
The First Book of Jazz (juvenile). New York: Franklin Watts, 1955.
The Sweet Flypaper of Life (nonfiction, with Roy De Carava). New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959.
Famous Negro Music Makers (juvenile). New York: Dodd, Mead, 1955.
I Wonder as I Wander: An Autobiographical Journey. New York: Rinehart, 1956.
A Pictorial History of the Negro in America. With Milton Meltzer. New York: Crown, 1956.
The First Book of the West Indies (juvenile). New York: Franklin Watts, 1956.
Simple Stakes a Claim (short stories). New York: Rinehart, 1957.
Tambourines to Glory (novel). New York: Knopf, 1958.
Famous Negro Heroes of America (juvenile). New York: Dodd, Mead, 1958.
The Langston Hughes Reader. New York: George Braziller, 1958.
Selected Poems. New York: Knopf, 1959.
The First Book of Africa (juvenile). New York: Franklin Watts, 1960.
Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz (poetry). New York: Knopf, 1961.
The Best of Simple (short stories). New York: Hill and Wang, 1961.
Fight for Freedom: The Story of the NAACP. New York: Norton, 1962.
Something in Common and Other Stories. New York: Hill and Wang, 1963.
Five Plays. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1963.
Simple's Uncle Sam (short stories). New York: Hill and Wang, 1965.
Black Magic: A Pictorial History of the Negro in American Entertainment. With Milton Meltzer. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1967.
The Panther and the Lash: Poems of Our Times. New York: Knopf, 1967.
Good Morning Revolution: Uncollected Writings of Social Protest. Ed. Faith Berry. New York: Lawrence Hill, 1973.
Mule Bone: A Comedy of Negro Life (play, with Zora Neale Hurston). Ed. George Houston Bass and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. New York: Harper, 1991.
Collected Poems. Ed. Arnold Rampersad. New York: Knopf, 1994.
Langston Hughes and the Chicago Defender: Essays on Race, Politics, and Culture, 1942-1962. Ed. Christopher C. De Santis. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1995.
Faith Berry. Langston Hughes: Before and Beyond Harlem. Westport, CT: Hill, 1983.
Milton Meltzer. Langston Hughes. New York: Crowell, 1968.
Audrey Osofsky. Free to Dream: The Making of a Poet: Langston Hughes. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1996.
Arnold Rampersad. The Life of Langston Hughes. Volume 1: 1902-1941; I, Too, Sing America. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986.
----------. The Life of Langston Hughes. Volume 2: 1941-1967; I Dream a World. New York: Oxford University Press, 1988.
Additional Resources: The Critical Archives include onsite articles about Hughes. Continue your Web Explorations by visiting Hughes Links.Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and K. A. Appiah, ed. Langston Hughes: Critical Perspectives Past and Present. New York: Amistad, 1993.
Donna Sullivan Harper. Not So Simple: The "Simple" Stories by Langston Hughes. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1995.
Onwuchekwa Jemie. Langston Hughes: An Introduction to the Poetry. New York: Columbia University Press, 1976.
R. Baxter Miller. The Art and Imagination of Langston Hughes. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1989.
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