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Hughes Biographical Page This Academy of American Poets exhibit features a picture of the poet, contains some biographical information, and provides links to related pages. | |
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Poet: Langston Hughes This is a page devoted to Hughes-as-hero. It contains a photo, a couple of links, and a short biographical essay pointing to Hughes's significance as a social influence. | |
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Kansas State Historical Society The State of Kansas has posted this site, which focuses on Hughes's childhood and, in particuliar, on the influence of his mother and grandmother upon him. | |
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Langston Hughes: Voice Among Voices Visit here to view a study guide for a class at Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute. This page provides direction and focus for general study of the author, and a helpful paragraph of critical biography. | |
| Poems Online | |
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Jazz poems by Hughes Some poems by the author, including "Harlem Night Club," "Weary Blues," and others. | |
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The Poetry of Langston Hughes The two poems that this page reproduces ("Justice" and "Still Here") are not easily found elsewhere. | |
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My old man's a white man... Here is a page containing as excerpt from "Mullato" by Hughes and an accompanying audio file of a poem read by the author. They are not the same poem, though one might be led to this conclusion by the page's arrangement. | |
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James Mercer Langston Hughes From the Finnish Takaisin site, here is a substantial biography of Hughes, and a list of books by the poet. | |
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Langston Hughes's Lawrence This page lists various Lawrence, Kansas addresses of importance in the early life of Hughes, and explains each one's significance. | |
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Recent Acquisitions in African-American Literature This University of Virginia page displays copies of two letters written by Hughes to Ina Steele. | |
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Photograph of Hughes Here is a 1939 photograph of Hughes, supplemented by a biographical note. | |
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Langston Hughes Painting Here is a painting of Langston Hughes by artist Winold Reiss: A Wind in the Attic. | |
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The Langston Hughes Review This is the homepage of the official publication of the Langston Hughes Society, published at the University of Georgia. |
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