We are always in dialogue with Langston Hughes' short poem Harlem, first published in 1951. I can hear Hughes in the background of Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963. I hear Hughes’ poetic ...

In his poem “Harlem,” Langston Hughes asks, “What happens to a dream deferred?” What if a dream is postponed? For Father Don Simon, I found it can be fulfilling. My husband, Dave, and I met Father Don ...

His writing career began the year after he graduated from high school with the 1921 poem “The Negro Speaks of Rivers.” His first book of poetry, The Weary Blues, followed in 1926. Throughout his work, ...

Sharon Cook, retired English and theater educator from the Norfolk Public Schools, clearly loves her Langston — that’s poet Langston Hughes, of course. Cook begins her taut, well-directed production ...

Joe Cavanaugh reads a Langston Hughes poem that's part of his "Keepers of the Dream" play Ormond Beach playwright Joe Cavanaugh reads a Langston Hughes poem that's part of his "Keepers of the Dream" ...

There’s no historical evidence that two titans of American literature, John Steinbeck and Langston Hughes, ever met, although both embraced like-minded empathy for those struggling for equality. The ...