Langston Hughes

• Drop Me Off in Harlem

  Explore the links on this page to see Hughes's connections with other notable people of the Harlem Renaissance. Read his poem "The Weary Blues".

• America's Story from the Library of Congress

• The Academy of American Poets

• A Brief Guide to Jazz Poetry

• The My Hero Project

• New York Times Featured Author

  Listen to Hughes read his own poems and read the letters he and photographer Carl Van Vecten wrote to each other. Requires a free registration to the NY Times.

• Use the INSPIRE database to search for articles on Langston Hughes

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