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Article: The Life of Langston Hughes, vol. 2, 1941-1967: I Dream a World.
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- The Nation
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- October 10, 1988
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With blues as your muse you "expect to be down even when you're on top of thin .In February 1941 when Arnold Rampersad takes up the second part of his comprehensive study of Langston Hughes, the poet was certainly down in every way. He was under debilitating medication in a California hospital, recovering from a long and painful bout with gonorrhea. He was dead broke and forced once more to rely on the generosity of friends. He was being hounded by the political right for his early sympathy for the Soviet Union and for his youthful attacks on the hypocrisy of Christianity. He got out of that hole, and others, as his reputation and fortunes waxed and waned over the ...
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