Each human being must live within his time, with and for his people, and within the boundaries of his country." Hughes wrote of the drama of his time with a sense of truth that continues to startle and move. "A poet," he once wrote, "is a human being. He wrote with eloquence, humor and a deep humanity. Hughes was born in Missouri, worked as a manual laborer and traveled the world - the better, in the end, to know so intimately the realities of urban life for the displaced and rootless. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. Few poets have ever potrayed so vividly the black experience, its triumphs and travails, and in a language that cunningly dramatizes the folk vernacular. I Wonder as I Wander: An Autobiographical Journey (American Century Series) by Langston Hughes. He was the first African-American to write civil-rights protest poetry, as well as the first to use jazz and the blues as a basis for a literary style. Yeah, reviewing a book i wonder as i wander an autobiographical journey a could ensue your near connections listings. It is as a poet though, that he is best known, and his place at the center of Harlem Renaissance was enormously influential. Poetry, fiction, plays, autobiography, essays, libretti for operas and Broadway musicals, and cantatas - work streamed from his desk. Langston Hughes (1902-1967) was a writer of astonishing range.
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