A Light on Langston Hughes
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Taking a leap forward in both time and social change, “Dinner Guest: Me,” which is published during the last year of Hughes’s life, takes a satirical look at how his identity is more acceptable when he becomes an established and respected writer. In fact, his popularity and appreciation grow from the 1930s through the 1960s. In 1961, Hughes is inducted into the National Institute of Arts and Letters. The last ten years of his life include a prolific list of work, including history, poetry volumes, and anthologies (Thomson Gale). (more…)