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Happy Birthday, Mr. Langston Hughes!

Posted on February 1, 2014 by maedez

Langston Hughes was born on 1 February 1902.

Langston Hughes by Carl Van Vechten, February 1936

Langston Hughes by Carl Van Vechten, February 1936.

“I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.”-Langston Hughes

5 thoughts on “Happy Birthday, Mr. Langston Hughes!”

hitandrun1964 on February 1, 2014 at 11:07 am said:

I love his work. He’s wonderful.

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- maedez on February 3, 2014 at 9:11 pm said:
  
  Yes, he is wonderful indeed! So bloody talented.
  
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mahuddle on February 2, 2014 at 8:12 am said:

Reblogged this on Drum-Taps.

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silverscreenings on February 2, 2014 at 7:23 pm said:

So I’ve been doing online searches on Langston Hughes and I’ve not yet found a poem that I don’t like. So many of them make me feel a little teary, but in a good way.

What a gifted man.

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- maedez on February 3, 2014 at 9:09 pm said:
  
  He really was, wasn’t he? I love, love, love his poetry.
  
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