The Life of Langston Hughes: 1941-1967, I dream a world
- ISBN-10
- 019504519X
- ISBN-13
- 9780195045192
- Series
- The Life of Langston Hughes
- Category
- African American poets
- Pages
- 528
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1986
- Publisher
- New York : Oxford University Press
- Author
- Arnold Rampersad
Description
The first volume of Rampersad's biography of Hughes was published in 1986 to enormous acclaim. Now Rampersad gives readers the second and final volume of his epic biography of black America's most original and beloved poet. 50 halftones.
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