Most people know him through his famous works—the ones we all ... This brief but striking poem exemplifies Langston Hughes’ ability to blend the sacred with the socially urgent.

which includes a poem by Langston Hughes, read by the poet himself. Probably his most famous poem is Harlem, and in particular the phrase “raisin in the sun.” What happens to a dream deferred?

Several years after traveling through the South with fellow writer Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes ... After giving a poetry reading at Fisk University in Nashville, Hughes journeyed by ...

April is National Poetry Month, a time to celebrate the beauty and power of poetry. This monthlong celebration, established ...

Dang. Why don’t more Americans know Langston and Zora? Tsk. Everyone respects them as venerable writers but it really is so much fun to read their short stories, articles and poetry. Each astute ...