{"product_id":"the-short-stories-of-langston-hughes-9780809016037","title":"The Short Stories of Langston Hughes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Short Stories of Langston Hughes\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis collection of forty-seven stories written between 1919 and 1963--the most comprehensive available--showcases Langston Hughes's literary blossoming and the development of his personal and artistic concerns. Many of the stories assembled here have long been out of print, and others never before collected. These poignant, witty, angry, and deeply poetic stories demonstrate Hughes's uncanny gift for elucidating the most vexing questions of American race relations and human nature in general.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLangston Hughes\u003c\/b\u003e (1902-67) was born in Joplin, Missouri, was educated at Lincoln University, and lived for most of his life in New York City. He is best known as a poet, but he also wrote novels, biography, history, plays, and children's books. Among his works are two volumes of memoirs, \u003ci\u003eThe Big Sea\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eI Wonder as I Wander\u003c\/i\u003e, and two collections of Simple stories, \u003ci\u003eThe Best of Simple \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Return of Simple\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAkiba Sullivan Harper\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of English at Spelman College and the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Return of Simple\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eArnold Rampersad\u003c\/b\u003e, Woodrow Wilson Professor of Literature at Princeton University, is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Life of Langston Hughes\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Collected Poems of Langston Hughes\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hill \u0026 Wang","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50630003753234,"sku":"9780809016037","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9c9321e1-811f-4ec3-b354-4817d6a51a92.jpg?v=1732739921","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-short-stories-of-langston-hughes-9780809016037","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}