Langston Hughes

(born James Mercer Langston Hughes)

February 1, 1902 to May 22, 1967

Born in Joplin, Missouri & Died in New York City

African American author of poetry, novels, and memoirs - and a leading voice of the Harlem Renaissance.

Quote

"More dangerous illnesses, or the fear of them, generate thoughts of that final loneliness which is death."

Off-Site Resource

Langston Huges Pages From The Library Of Congress

Bibliography

Poetry

The Weary Blues - 1926

The Dream Keeper and Other Poems - 1932

Shakespeare in Harlem - 1942

Montage of a Dream Deferred - 1951

The Panther and the Lash: Poems of Our Times - 1967

The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes - 1994

Fiction

Not Without Laughter - 1930

The Ways of White Folks - 1934

Something in Common and Other Stories - 1963

Volumes in the Collected Works (from the University of Missouri Press - can be ordered directly from the publisher)

1. The Poems: 1921-1940 (Edited by Arnold Rampersad)

2. The Poems: 1941-1950 (Edited by Arnold Rampersad)

3. The Poems: 1951-1967 (Edited by Arnold Rampersad)

4. The Novels: Not Without Laughter and Tambourines to Glory (Edited by Dolan Hubbard)

5. The Plays to 1942: Mulatto to The Sun Do Move (Edited by Leslie Catherine Sanders, with Nancy Johnston)

6. Gospel Plays, Operas, and Later Dramatic Works (Edited by Leslie Catherine Sanders)

7. The Early Simple Stories(Edited by Donna Akiba Sullivan Harper)

8. The Later Simple Stories (Edited by Donna Akiba Sullivan Harper)

9. Essays on Art, Race, Politics, and World Affairs (Edited by Christopher C. De Santis)

10. Fight for Freedom and Other Writings on Civil Rights (Edited by Christopher C. De Santis)

11. Works for Children and Young Adults: Poetry, Fiction and Other Writing (Edited by Dianne Johnson)

12. Works for Children and Young Adults: Biographies (Edited by Steven C. Tracy)

13. Autobiography: The Big Sea (Edited by Joseph McLaren)

14. Autobiography: I Wonder As I Wander (Edited by Joseph McLaren)

15. The Short Stories (Edited by R. Baxter Miller)

16. The Translations: Federico García Lorca, Nicolás Guillén, and Jacques Roumain (Edited by Dellita Martin-Ogunsola)

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