In that time he was writing poems too, and a novel ... days' of the second Five Year Plan and in Spain in 1937, Langston Hughes' journey from 1930 to 1937 paralleled those of many writers and ...
Langston Hughes is one of the most important ... introduction—she’s one of the most famous poets in the English-speaking world—but perhaps this poem does. “One Day Is There of the Series ...
Langston Hughes. Famous quote: “I am impelled ... Nabokov dabbled in a lot of different types of writing, including poetry, science writing, translations and autobiographies.
In 1953, the author Langston Hughes was called before Senator Joseph McCarthy’s Subcommittee on Investigations to answer questions about Communist influences in his writing. The private ...
As Wilson finished his famous ... Langston Hughes, Randall Jarrell, Weldon Kees, Kenneth Rexroth, Delmore Schwartz, Karl Shapiro, Allen Tate, and Yvor Winters. Although contemporary poetry has ...
My introduction to Nikki Giovanni came through “Ego-Tripping,“ one of the renowned poets’ most famous works, published in 1972 ... Africa to uplift the powerful nature of being a Black woman. Her ...
I am an environmental historian who explores the connections between waste, water, climate change, and wildlife in northern watersheds. Author of 5 books, 52 peer-reviewed articles, and public-facing ...
Austin’s connection to HBCUs stems from her experiences at Langston University. “College was always a dream of mine,” she says. “If you ever attended a college, especially an HBCU ...