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cite 1 hughes, langston. "langston hughes." (2010): 2. Web. 30 Apr 2010. .
 * 1) he wrote 16 novels of his poems
 * 2) he sterted writting poetry in the eight grade
 * 3) he attended columbia university
 * 4) His first published poem was one of his most famous, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"
 * 5) he wrote short plays
 * 6) essays
 * 7) short stories
 * 8) one of his fav things to do was sitting in clubs listening to blues, jazz, and writing poetry
 * 9) after he did this, he started writting about the blues and jazz
 * 10) he wrote his first book in 1926
 * 11) he devoted his life to writting and lecturing
 * 12) He authored sixteen books of poems
 * 13) two novels
 * 14) three collections of short stories
 * 15) four volumes of "editorial" and "documentary" fiction
 * 16) twenty plays
 * 17) children's poetry
 * 18) musicals and operas
 * 19) he wrote 3 three autobiographies
 * 20) he also wrote a dozen radio and television scripts and dozens of magazine articles

cite 2 " Langston Hughes " __Encyclopedia of World Biography__. 2004. //Encyclopedia.com.// 29 Apr. 2010 <[|http://www.encyclopedia.com]>.
 * 1) American poet and central figure of the Harlem Renaissance
 * 2) lived in several countries
 * 3) the weary blues was his first volume of poetry
 * 4) this volume was influenced by jazz rythems
 * 5) it was published by Vachel Lindsay
 * 6) his writing often uses dialect and jazz rhythms
 * 7) he was known as the “Negro Poet Laureate.”
 * 8) he blurred the line between high and low culture
 * 9) he addressed black audiences through the use of oral tradition
 * 10) improvisation
 * 11) mass cultural forms, including the gospel musical play
 * 12) His writing for children, in particular, reflected his belief that race consciousness and pride could be transmitted through literature and art
 * 13) he was Renowned for the humor and compassion in his social renewal
 * 14) he was ranked as one of the most influential american writers of the 20th century
 * 15) he is also known as a moving spirit in the artistic ferment of the 1920s
 * 16) he expressed the mind and spirit of most african americans
 * 17) he received an award for a book that improved race relations
 * 18) his work earned him an international reputation unlike any other african american writer
 * 19) he traveled all over the world
 * 20) he didnt devote that much writing toi african roots

print source 1 "Hughes, Langston (1902-1967)." //DISCovering Biography//. Online ed. Detroit: Gale, 2003. //Student Resource Center - Gold//. Web. 30 Apr. 2010
 * 1) Hughes devoted his versatile and prolific career to portraying the urban experience of working-class blacks
 * 2) he had put the rythm of jazz and blues music
 * 3) he used colloquial language to reflect black American culture
 * 4) he had a gentle humor
 * 5) he wrote about being seduced by the American Dream of freedom and equality
 * 6) he was born in joplin missouri
 * 7) he would dip his pen in ink not acid
 * 8) "possibly the most influential black American writer of the twentieth century,"
 * 9) he also worked as a journalist
 * 10) He was the first black American to support himself entirely by writing and giving lectures.
 * 11) he taught english to wealthy children
 * 12) Hughes became one of the leading figures of the "Harlem Renaissance" of the 1920s
 * 13) he did not limit himself to any one form or subject
 * 14) his plays are one with his poetry
 * 15) his position in the american literature scene is secure
 * 16) he captures the mood, the feel, and the spirit of the blues
 * 17) he was considered a pioneer of modern black literature
 * 18) he was famous for his poems like "the negro sspeaks of rivers"
 * 19) some people say his work is lacking in depth
 * 20) stated that his poetry was concerned with the commonfolk

print source 2 Wintz, Cary D. "Langston Hughes: A Kansas Poet in the Harlem Renaissance." //DISCovering Authors//. Online ed. Detroit: Gale, 2003. //Student Resource Center - Gold//. Web. 30 Apr. 2010.
 * 1) harlem renaissance of the 1920's was the first major literary movement in the Negro's experience in America
 * 2) he was considered one of the most gifted writers of the period
 * 3) he emerged as the most brillant of harlems Renaissance poets
 * 4) focused his literary talents on the experiences of his youth
 * 5) his literatury had emphasis on erban themes
 * 6) he had racial pride
 * 7) his work produced a rare picture of black life in Kansas
 * 8) he refered to himself as a social poet
 * 9) he always addressed himself to the problems of living, breathing individuals
 * 10) he was a realist
 * 11) he published his second volume of poetry in 1927
 * 12) he directed his art toward the life and social problems of the lower classes
 * 13) he believed that there was more vitality among the lower classes
 * 14) exposed the oppressive nature of much of the work set aside for blacks
 * 15) never lost sight of the uncertainties of poverty
 * 16) he also examined the ghetto night clubs and cabarets where he found blacks at play
 * 17) his second major concern was life in harlem
 * 18) the bars, streets, and tenements of the negro metropolis formed a constant background for much of his work
 * 19) he became preoccupied with the question of the negros racial identity
 * 20) he died in new york city on may 22, 1967