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ISBN-10: 1789141958
ISBN-13: 9781789141955
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Publish Date: 02/20/2020
Dimensions: 7.80" L, 5.10" W, 0.50" H

Langston Hughes

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As the first black author in America to make his living exclusively by writing, Langston Hughes inspired a generation of writers and activists. One of the pioneers of jazz poetry, Hughes led the Harlem Renaissance, while Martin Luther King, Jr., invoked Hughes’s signature metaphor of dreaming in his speeches. In this new biography, W. Jason Miller illuminates Hughes’s status as an international literary figure through a compelling look at the relationship between his extraordinary life and his canonical works. Drawing on unpublished letters and manuscripts, Miller addresses Hughes’s often ignored contributions to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, as well as his complex and well-guarded sexuality, and repositions him as a writer rather than merely the most beloved African American poet of the twentieth century.

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"Miller's biography links the works by Hughes to the many scholarly studies that have emerged in the past thirty years. His bibliography alone is a precious tool. Miller integrates his own examinations of primary sources, and he thereby provides a brilliant map for current and future research. Readers will gain a deeper appreciation for the complexity of Hughes's writing and his relationships–with individuals and with organizations. Indeed, Hughes was 'Not So Simple.'"–Donna Akiba Sullivan Harper, Fuller E. Callaway Professor of English, Spelman College, and author of "Not So Simple: The 'Simple' Stories by Langston Hughes"
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ISBN-10: 1789141958
ISBN-13: 9781789141955
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Publish Date: 02/20/2020
Dimensions: 7.80" L, 5.10" W, 0.50" H
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