The gods of the Goodwill are always a powerful force in my reading life; and a few weeks ago, just before I left for the Frost Place, they stepped in once again. While browsing among the dingy romance novels, I discovered Langston Hughes's 1960 anthology
An African Treasury: Stories, Poems, Articles, and Essays by Black Africans--a first edition, in nearly mint condition, with the original dust jacket.
Then, this past weekend, Tom came home from the Harmony dump with
Arna Bontemps and Langston Hughes: Letters, 1925-1967, also a first edition (though not of the age and magnitude of the
African Treasury).
It seems that I am being instructed to embark on a Langston Hughes reading project.
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Hm. Which makes me wonder...would it be a fun thing to do, maybe in August, to embark on another group discussion thing like we did with Rilke? I've very little experience with Langston Hughes and Claude Mackay. It might be fun?
Sounds like a good idea
Hmm. We'll have to think about this. If you're looking for variety, another possibility would be to read a Harlem Renaissance anthology.
That would be good, too...but I need the discussion group!
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