The Life of Langston Hughes: Volume I
- ISBN-10
- 0195146425
- ISBN-13
- 9780195146424
- Series
- The Life of Langston Hughes
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 64
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002-01-10
- Publisher
- OUP USA
- Author
- Arnold Rampersad
Description
A biography of the Harlem poet whose works gave voice to the joy and pain of the black experience in America.
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