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Born in February 1, 1902 / Died in May 22, 1967 / United States / English

Furtherreading

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BOOKS

  • Baker, Houston A., Jr., Black Literature in America, McGraw, 1971.
  • Berry, Faith, Langston Hughes, Before and Beyond Harlem, Wings Books (New York, NY), 1995.
  • Berry, S. L., Langston Hughes, Creative Education (Mankato, MN), 1994.
  • Black Literature Criticism, Gale, 1992.
  • Bone, Robert A., The Negro Novel in America, Yale University Press, 1965.
  • Bonner, Pat E., Sassy Jazz and Slo' Draggin' Blues: Music in the Poetry of Langston Hughes, P. Lang (New York, NY), 1996.
  • Children's Literature Review, Volume 17, Gale, 1989.
  • Concise Dictionary of Literary Biography: The Age of Maturity, 1929-1941, Gale, 1989.
  • Contemporary Literary Criticism, Gale, Volume 1, 1973, Volume 5, 1976, Volume 10, 1979, Volume 15, 1980, Volume 35, 1985, Volume 44, 1987.
  • Cooper, Floyd, Coming Home: From the Life of Langston Hughes, Philomel Books (New York, NY), 1994.
  • (Dace, Tish, editor) Langston Hughes: The Contemporary Reviews, Cambridge University Press (New York, NY), 1997.
  • Davis, Arthur P., and Saunders Redding, editors, Cavalcade, Houghton, 1971.
  • Dekle, Bernard, Profiles of Modern American Authors, Charles E. Tuttle, 1969.
  • Dickinson, Donald C., A Bio-Bibliography of Langston Hughes, 1902-1967, Archon Books, 1967.
  • Dictionary of Literary Biography, Gale, Volume 4: American Writers in Paris, 1920-1939, 1980, Volume 7: Twentieth-Century American Dramatists, 1981, Volume 48: American Poets, 1880-1945, Second Series, 1986, Volume 51: Afro-American Writers from the Harlem Renaissance to 1940, 1987.
  • Dunham, Montrew, Langston Hughes: Young Black Poet, Aladdin (New York City), 1995.
  • Emanuel, James, Langston Hughes, Twayne, 1967.
  • Gibson, Donald B., editor, Five Black Writers, New York University Press, 1970.
  • Gibson, Donald B., editor and author of introduction, Modern Black Poets: A Collection of Critical Essays, Prentice-Hall, 1973.
  • Harper, Donna Sullivan, Not So Simple: The "Simple" Stories by Langston Hughes, University of Missouri Press (Columbia), 1995.
  • Hart, W., editor, American Writers' Congress, International, 1935.
  • Hill, Christine, H., Langston Hughes: Poet of the Harlem Renaissance, Hanslow Pub. (Springfield, NJ), 1997.
  • Hughes, Langston, The Big Sea: An Autobiography, Knopf, 1940.
  • Hughes, Langston, I Wonder as I Wander: An Autobiographical Journey,Rinehart, 1956.
  • Jackson, Blyden, and Louis D. Rubin Jr., Black Poetry in America: Two Essays in Historical Interpretation, Louisiana State University, 1974.
  • Jahn, Janheinz, A Bibliography of Neo-African Literature from Africa, America and the Caribbean, Praeger, 1965.
  • Littlejohn, David, Black on White: A Critical Survey of Writing by American Negroes, Viking, 1966.
  • McLaren, Joseph, Langston Hughes, Folk Dramatist in the Protest Tradition, 1921-1943, Greenwood Press (Westport, CT), 1996.
  • Meltzer, Milton, Langston Hughes: A Biography, Crowell, 1968.
  • Myers, Elizabeth P., Langston Hughes: Poet of His People, Garrard, 1970.
  • Nazel, Joseph, Langston Hughes, Melrose Square (Los Angeles), 1994.
  • Neilson, Kenneth, To Langston Hughes, with Love, All Seasons Art (Hollis, NY), 1996.
  • O'Daniel, Thermon B., editor, Langston Hughes: Black Genius, a Critical Evaluation, Morrow, 1971.
  • Osofsky, Audrey, Free to Dream: The Making of a Poet, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books (New York, NY), 1996.
  • Rollins, Charlamae H., Black Troubador: Langston Hughes, Rand McNally, 1970.
  • Trotman, C. James, Langston Hughes: The Man, His Art, and His Continuing Influence, Garland (New York, NY), 1995.
  • Walker, Alice, Langston Hughes, American Poet, HarperCollins (New York City), 1988.
PERIODICALS
  • African American Review, fall, 1994, p. 333.
  • American Mercury, January, 1959.
  • Black Scholar, June, 1971; July, 1976.
  • Black World, June, 1970; September, 1972; September, 1973.
  • Booklist, November 15, 1976; January 1, 1991, p. 889.
  • Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, January, 1995, p. 168; January, 1996, p. 162.
  • CLA Journal, June, 1972.
  • Choice, February 1996, p. 951.
  • Crisis, August-September, 1960; June, 1967; February, 1969.
  • Ebony, October, 1946.
  • Emerge, May, 1995, p. 58.
  • English Journal, March, 1977.
  • Horn Book, September-October, 1994, p. 603; January-February, 1996, p. 86.
  • Kirkus Reviews, May 1, 1994, p. 578.
  • Library Journal, February 1, 1991, p. 78.
  • Life, February 4, 1966.
  • Los Angeles Times Book Review, February 26, 1995, p. 1.
  • Nation, December 4, 1967.
  • Negro American Literature Forum, winter, 1971.
  • Negro Digest, September, 1967; November, 1967; April, 1969.
  • New Leader, April 10, 1967.
  • New Republic, January 14, 1974; March 6, 1995, p. 37.
  • New Yorker, December 30, 1967.
  • New York Herald Tribune, August 1, 1926.
  • New York Herald Tribune Books, November 26, 1961.
  • New York Times, May 24, 1967; June 1, 1968; June 29, 1969; December 13, 1970; February 8, 1995, p. C17.
  • New York Times Book Review, November 3, 1968; December 25, 1994, p. 15; February 12, 1995, p. 18; November 12, 1995, p. 38.
  • Philadelphia Tribune, February 5, 1927.
  • Poetry, August, 1968.
  • Publishers Weekly, May 9, 1994, p. 62; October 3, 1994, p. 30; October 31, 1994, p.54; November 13, 1995, p. 60.
  • San Francisco Chronicle, April 5, 1959.
  • Saturday Review, November 22, 1958; September 29, 1962.
  • School Library Journal, February, 1995, p. 92.
  • Smithsonian, August, 1994, p. 49.
  • Tribune Book's (Chicago), April 13, 1980.
  • Washington Post, November 13, 1978.
  • Washington Post Book World, February 2, 1969; December 8, 1985.