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02292aam a2200325Ii 4500 001 6872CD0474A711EA8EBE956E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20200402010032 008 190614s2020 enka b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9781789141955 020 $a 1789141958 035 $a (OCoLC)1104459436 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d UEJ $d YDXIT $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d STF $d OCLCO $d L2U $d IWA $d SILO 050 4 $a PS3515 U274 Z68428x 2020 100 1 $a Miller, W. Jason $e author. 245 10 $a Langston Hughes / $c W. Jason Miller. 264 1 $a London : $b Reaktion Books, $c 2020. 300 $a 223 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 20 cm. 490 1 $a Critical lives 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Prologue -- Motherless Child, 1901-19 -- 2 I, Too, am America, 1919-24 -- 3 A Bone of Contention, 1924-30 -- 4 In the USSR, 1930-33 -- 5 Let America Be America Again, 1933-40 -- 6 Aimee B. Simple, 1940-45 -- 7 F. B. Eyes, 1945-50 -- 8 Montage of a Dream Deferred, 1950-53 -- 9 Seeing Red, 1953-60 -- 10 Bright Tomorrows, 1960-62 -- 11 I Dream a World, 1962-7 -- Epilogue 520 $a 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 invoked his 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 Drawing on unpublished letters and manuscripts, Miller addresses Hughes's often ignored contributions to the civil rights movement of the 1960s and his complex and well-guarded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. 600 10 $a Hughes, Langston, $d 1902-1967. 650 0 $a African American poets $v Biography. 650 0 $a Poets, American $y 20th century $v Biography. 830 0 $a Critical lives (London, England) 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240502013907.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6872CD0474A711EA8EBE956E97128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search