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The Life of Langston Hughes: Volume II: 1914-1967, I Dream a World
Arnold Rampersad
Second volume of biography of Langston Hughes -- in Harlem
Oxford University Press
December 2005
Featuring: Langston Hughes
576 pages
ISBN: 0195146433
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Biography
February 1, 2002 marks the 100th birthday of Langston
Hughes. To commemorate the centennial of his birth, Arnold
Rampersad has contributed new Afterwords to both volumes of
his highly-praised biography of this most extraordinary and
prolific American writer. The second volume in this masterful biography finds Hughes
rooting himself in Harlem, receiving stimulation from his
rich cultural surroundings. Here he rethought his view of
art and radicalism, and cultivated relationships with
younger, more militant writers such as Richard Wright,
Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, and Amiri Bakara. Rampersad's
Afterword to volume two looks further into his influence
and how it expanded beyond the literary as a result of his
love of jazz and blues, his opera and musical theater
collaborations, and his participation in radio and
television. In addition, Rempersad explores the
controversial matter of Hughes's sexuality and the
possibility that, despite a lack of clear evidence, Hughes
was homosexual. Exhaustively researched in archival collections throughout
the country, especially in the Langston Hughes papers at
Yale University's Beinecke Library, and featuring fifty
illustrations per volume, this anniversary edition will
offer a new generation of readers entrance to the life and
mind of one of the twentieth century's greatest artists.
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