Selected Poems of Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes (1902-1967), an outstanding black poet, novelist and playwright in modern America. He was the backbone of the "e;Harlem Renaissance"e;. His outstanding achievements in literature made him the "e;Harlem poet laureate"e; as early as the 1920s. Hughes's poetry, nourished by black music and folk songs, incorporated the rhythms of jazz into free verse, so that his poetry was open, untra...