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intentionally left blank  \n# THE LIFE OFLANGSTON HUGHES\n\nVolume I:1902-1941  \nI,Too,Sing America  \nSECOND EDITION  \nArnold Rampersad  \n2002  \nOXFORD  \nUNIVERSITY PRESSOxford New York  \nAthens Auckland Bangkok Bogotá Buenos AiresCape Town Chennai Dar es Salaam Delhi Florence Hong KongIstanbul Karachi Kolkata Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City MumbaiNairobi Paris Sao Paulo Shanghai Singapore Taipei Tokyo Toronto Warsawand associated companies inBerlin Ibadan  \nCopyright ◎I986,I988,2002 by Arnold Rampersad  \nFirst published by Oxford University Press,Inc.,I986First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback,I988I98 Madison Avenue,New York,New York 10016  \nOxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced,stored in a retrieval system,or transmitted,in any form or by any means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,or otherwise,without the prior permission of Oxford University Press.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available:  \nISBN 13:978-0-19-514642-4  \nTo Marvina White  \nThis page intentionally left blank  \nCONTENTS  \nI.A Kansas Boyhood 3(I902 to I9I5)  \n2.Outsetting Bard 23(I915 to I92I)  \n3.My People 50(I92I to I923)  \n4.On the Big Sea 73(I923 to I924)  \n5.We Have Tomorrow 99(I924 to I926)  \n6.A Lion at Lincoln I25(I926 to I927)  \n7.Godmother and Langston I56(I927 to I930)  \n8.Flight and Fall I82(I930 to I93I)  \n9.Starting Over 2II(I93I to I932)  \nI0.Good Morning,Revolution 242(I932 to I933)  \nII.Waiting on Roosevelt 276(I933 to I935)  \nI2.Still Waiting on Roosevelt 306(I935 to 1937)  \nviii /Contents  \nI3.Earthquake Weather 341(I937 to I939)  \n14.The Fall of a Titan 373(I939 to I941)  \nAfterword 396  \nAbbreviations 406  \nNotes 407  \nAcknowledgments 449  \nIndex 455  \nHang yourself,poet,in your own words.Otherwise,you are dead.  \nLANGSTON 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A Kansas Boyhood (1902 to 1915)\n## 2. Outsetting Bard (1915 to 1921)\n## 3. My People (1921 to 1923)\n## 4. On the Big Sea (1923 to 1924)\n## 5. We Have Tomorrow (1924 to 1926)\n## 6. A Lion at Lincoln (1926 to 1927)\n## 7. Godmother and Langston (1927 to 1930)\n## 8. Flight and Fall (1930 to 1931)\n## 9. Starting Over (1931 to 1932)\n## 10. Good Morning, Revolution (1932 to 1933)\n## 11. Waiting on Roosevelt (1933 to 1935)\n## 12. Still Waiting on Roosevelt (1935 to 1937)\n## 13. Earthquake Weather (1937 to 1939)\n## 14. 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