Bibliography

Critical Bibliography

Primary Works Poetry

• The Weary Blues. New York: Knopf, 1926

• Fine Cloths to the Jew. New York: Knopf, 1927

• The Negro Mother and Other Dramatic Recitations. N.Y.: Golden Stair Press, 1931.

• Scottsboro Limited: Four Poems and a Play in Verse. New York: Golden Stair Press, 1932.

• A New Song. New York: International Workers Order, 1938.

• Shakespeare in Harlem. New York: Alfred A. Knopf,1942.

• One-way Ticket. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1948.

• Montage of a Dream Deferred. New York: Henry Holt, 1951.

• Selected Poems of Langston Hughes. New York: Knopf, 1959.

• Selected Poems of Langston Hughes. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959

• Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz. New York: Knopf, 1961.

• The Panther & the Lash: Poems of Our Times. New York: Knopf, 1969.

• The Panther & the Lash. New York: Vintage Books, 1992.

• The Pasteboard Bandit. N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 1997.

Prose

• Good Morning Revolution: Uncollected Social Protest Writings by Langston Hughes. Edited by Faith Berry. New York & Westport: Lawrence Hill, 1973.

  The Best of Simple. Illustrated by Bernhard Nast. New York: Hill and Wang, 1961.

• The Best of Simple. Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1988.

• Laughing to Keep from Crying. New York: Holt, 1952

• Laughing to Keep from Crying and 25 Jesse Semple Stories. Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1981.

• Not Without Laughter. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1930.

• The Return of Simple. Edited by Akiba Sullivan Harper. 1st ed. New York: Hill and Wang, 1994.

• Short Stories. Edited by Akiba Sullivan Harper. 1st ed. New York: Hill and Wang, 1996.

• The Simple Omnibus. Mattituck, NY: Aeonian Press, 1961.

• Simple Speaks His Mind. New York: Simon and Schuster, c1950; Mattituck, NY: Aeonian Press, 1976.

• Simple Stakes a Claim. New York: Rinehart, c1957.

• Simple Stories. 1 cassette. 7 stories from The Best of Simple and Simple’s Uncle Sam. Caedmon, 1968.

• Simple Takes a Wife. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1953.

• Simple’s Uncle Sam. New York: Hill and Wang, 1967, c1965. New York. Hill and Wang, 1977.

• Something in Common and Other Stories. New York: Hill and Wang, 1963.

• Something in Common. 1st ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. Paperback. Howard University Library.

• Tambourines to Glory: A Novel. New York: Hill and Wang, 1958. New York: Hill and Wang, 1970.

• The Ways of White Folks. 1st ed. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1934. Howard University Library.

• The Ways of White Folks. (Short Stories) New York: A. A. Knopf, 1969; New York: Vintage, 1971. Howard University Library.

• Langston Hughes and the Chicago Defender: Essays on Race, Politics, and Culture, 1942-62. Edited by Christopher C. De Santis. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, c1995. University of Virginia.

• Good Morning, Revolution: Uncollected Social Protest Writings. Edited by Faith Berry. 1st ed. New York: L. Hill,1973; Seacaucus, NJ: Carol Pub. Group, 1992. (1973 ed. University of Virginia.

• African American History: Four Centuries of Black Life. By Langston Hughes and Milton Meltzer. New York: Scholastic, 1990.

• Black Magic: A Pictorial History of the African-American in the Performing Arts. By Langston Hughes and Milton Meltzer. New York: Da Capo Press, 1990.

• Black Magic: A Pictorial History of the Negro in American Entertainment. By Langston Hughes and Milton Meltzer. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1967.

• Fight for Freedom: The Story of the NAACP. New York: Norton, 1962.

• The First Book of Africa. New York: F. Watts, 1960; rev. ed, 1964.

• A New Song. Frontispiece by Joe Jones. New York: International Workers Order, c1938.

• A Pictorial History of Black Americans. By Langston Hughes, Milton Meltzer, and C. Eric Lincoln. 5th rev. ed. New York: Crown, 1983.

• A Pictorial History of African Americans. 6th ed. New York: Crown Publishers, c1995.

• Proletarian Literature in the United States. Anthology edited by Granville Hicks, Joseph North, Michael Gold, Paul Peters, Isido Schneider and Alan Calmer. New York: International Publishers, 1935.

• The Sweet Flypaper of Life. By Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955.

Drama

• Five Plays. Webster Smalley. 1st Midland book ed. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1968.

• Five Plays. Webster Smalley: Indiana University Press, 1963.

• Jerico-Jim-Crow-Jerico; A Song-Play. Libretto. 1963. Library of Congress.

• Jericho-Jim Crow. 2 sound discs. New York: Folkways, c1964. Old Dominion.

• Mule Bone: A Comedy of Negro Life. By Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston; edited by George Houston Bass and Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and the complete story of the mule bone controversy. New York: HarperPerennial, 1991.

• The Negro Mother, and Other Dramatic Recitations. With decorations by Prentiss Taylor. New York: Golden Staress, c1931; Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries Press, 1971.

• The Negro Mother, and Other Dramatic Recitations. Salem, NH: Ayer Co., 1987.

• Simply Heavenly. Book and lyrics by Hughes, music by David Martin. New York: Dramatists Play Service, 1959.

• Street Scene. Kurt Weill composer/performer; book by Elmer Rice; lyrics by Langston Hughes. University of Virginia.

• Three Negro Plays. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1969.

• Troubled Island: An Opera in Three Acts. Libretto. By William Grant Stills; libretto by Langston Hughes. New York: Leeds Music Company, c1949.

Works translated by Hughes

• Anthologie Africaine et Malgache. Edited by Langston Hughes and Christiane Reygnault. Paris: Editions Seghers, 1962.

• Blood Wedding; and, Yerma. By Federico Garcia Lorca. tr. by Langston Hughes and W. S. Merwin. 1st ed. New York: Theatre Communications Group, 1994.

• Cuba Libre, Poems By Nicolas Guillen; tr. from the Spanish by Langston Hughes and Ben Frederic Carruther; illus. by Gar Gilbert. Los Angeles: Anderson & Ritchie, 1948.

• Masters of the Dew. By Jacques Rouman. tr. by Langston Hughes and Mercer Cook. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1947.

Collected Works

• The collected works of Langston Hughes. ed. Arnold Rampersad. Columbia: U of Missouri P, 2001.

• The poetry of the Negro, 1746-1970. An anthology edited by Langston Hughes and Arna Bontemps. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1970.

• Arna Bontemps-Langston Hughes letters, 1925-1967. Selected and edited by Charles H. Nichols. NY: Dodd, Mead, 1980.

• Langston Hughes and the Chicago defender: essays on race, politics, and culture, 1942-62. Ed. Christopher C. De Santis. Urbana: U of Illinois P, 1995.

• The Collected Works of Langston Hughes Series. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press:

• I: The Poems: 1921-1940; II: The Poems: 1941-1950; III: 1951-1967. 2001. (Rampersad, Arnold. ed.)

• IV: The Novels: Not Without Laughter and Tambourines to Glory. 2001. (Hubbard, Dolan. ed.)

• V: The Plays to 1942: Mulatto and The Sun Do Move. 2002. (Sanders, Leslie C. ed.)

• X: Fight for Freedom and Other Writings on Civil Rights. 2002. (De Santis, Christopher C. ed.)

• XI: Works for Children and Young Adults: Poetry, Fiction, and Other Writing. 2003. (Johnson, Dianne. ed.)

• XIV: Autobiography: I Wonder As I Wander. 2003. (McLaren, Joseph. ed.)

• XV: The Short Stories. Columbia, MO: U of Missouri P, 2002. (Miller, R. Baxter. ed.)

• XVI. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri P, 2003. (Martin-Ogunsola, Dellita. ed.)

• The Collected Works of Langston Hughes. Edited by Arnold Rampersad. Columbia: University of Missouri Press. 2001.

• Langston Hughes in the Hispanic World and Haiti. Edited by Edward J. Mullen. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books,1977.

Biographies and Memories:

• The Big Sea: An Autobiography. New York & London, A.A. Knopf, 1940.

• The Sweet Flypaper of Life. Langston Hughes and Roy De Carava, Simon & Schuster, 1955.

• I Wonder as I Wander: An Autobiographical Journey. Rinehart, 1956.

• A Pictorial History of the Negro in America. Langston Hughes and Milton Meltzer. Crown, 1956. 4th Edition published as A Pictorial History of Black Americans, 1973. 6th Edition published as A Pictorial History of African Americans, 1995.

• Fight for Freedom: The Story of the NAACP. Norton, 1962. Howard University Library Black Magic. Langston Hughes and Milton Meltzer. A Pictorial History of the Negro in American Entertainment. Prentice-Hall,1967.

• Haskins, James. Always Movin’ On: The Life of Langston Hughes. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 1993.

• A Langston Hughes Memorial. 1 sound cassette. Los Angeles, Calif.: Pacifica Radio Archive, 198?. University of Virginia.

• Nazel, Joe. Langston Hughes. Los Angeles, CA: Melrose Square Pub., c1994.

• Rollins, Charlemae H. Black Troubadour: Langston Hughes. Chicago: Rand McNally, 1970.

• Rampersad, Arnold. The Life of Langston Hughes. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986.

• Remember Me to Harlem: the Letters of Langston Hughes and Carl Van Vechten. Ed. Emily Bernard. NY: Vintage Books, 2002.

• Langston Hughes in the Hispanic World and Haiti. Ed. Edward J. Mullen. Hamden, Conn: Archon Books, 1977.

Works edited by Hughes.

• An African Treasury: Articles, Essays, Stories, and Poems by Black Africans. Edited by Langston Hughes. New York: Crown, 1960.

• Anthology of Black Poets. 1 sound cassette. Los Angeles, CA: Pacifica Radio Archive, 1983.

• Anthology of Negro Poetry. 1 sound disc. By Arna Wendell Bontemps. Folkways, 1961.

• The Best Short Stories by Negro Writers: An Anthology from 1899 to the Present. Edited by Langston Hughes. Boston: Little, Brown, 1967.

• The Best Short Stories by Black Writers; The Classic Anthology from 1899 to 1967. Paperback. Little, Brown, 1969.

• The Book of Negro Folklore. Edited by Langston Hughes and Arna Bontemps. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1958.

• The Book of Negro Folklore. Edited by Langston Hughes and Arna Bontemps. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1983.

• The Book of Negro Folklore. Microform. edited by Langston Hughes and Arna Bontemps. New York: Dodd, Mead, c1958.

• The Book of Negro Folklore. Microform. Edited by Langston Hughes and Arna Bontemps. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1958. (From Library of Congress Catalog)

• The Book of Negro Humor. Edited by Langston Hughes. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1966.

• Famous American Negroes. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1954.

• Famous Negro Heroes of America. Illustrated by Gerald McCann. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1958.

• Famous Negro Music Makers. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1955.

• The New Negro Poets U.S.A. Bloomington: University of Indiana Press, 1964.

• Poems from Black Africa: Ethiopia, South Rhodesia, Sierra Leone, Madagascar, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Kenya, Gabon, Senegal, Nyasaland, Mozambique, South Africa, Congo, Ghana, Liberia. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1963.

• The Poetry of the Negro, 1746-1970 An anthology. edited by Langston Hughes and Arna Bontemps. 1st ed. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1949 (Held at College of William and Mary); Rev. and updated ed. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1970. Howard University Library.

• Yoseloff, Thomas. Seven Poets in Search of an Answer: Maxwell Bodenheim, Joy Davidman, Langston Hughes, Aaron Kramer, Alfred Kreymborg, Martha Millet, Norman Rosten. A poetic symposium edited by Thomas Yoseloff. New York: Ackerman, 1944. University of Virginia.

Juvenile Literature

• Black Misery. Illustrations by Arouni. New York: Paul Eriksson, 1969.

• Black Misery. Illustrated by Arouni. New York: P.S. Eriksson, 1969.

• Black Misery. Illustrated by Arouni. Oxford University Press, 1994.

• The Block: Poems. Collage by Romare Bearden; selected by Lowery S. Sims and Daisy Murray Voigt. New York: Viking, 1995.

• The Block: Poems. Illustrated by Romare Bearden. Viking Children’s Books, 1995.

• The Book of Rhythms. Illus. by Matthew Wawiorka. Rev. ed. of The First Book of Rhythms. Oxford University Press, 1995.

• Carol of the Brown King: Nativity Poems. Illustrated by Ashley Bryan. New York: Atheneum Books, 1998.

• Don’t You Turn Back: Poems. Selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins. Woodcuts by Ann Grifalconi. New York: Knopf, 1969.

• The Dream Keeper and Other Poems. Illustrations by Helen Sewell. New York: Alfred Knopf, 1932; New York: Knopf; dist. by Random House, 1986.

• The Dream Keeper and Other Poems. Illustrated by Brian Pinkney. New York: Knopf, 1994.

• The Dream Keeper and Other Poems. Illustrated by Brian Pinkney. Paperback. Knopf, 1996.

• The Dream Keeper and Other Poems 1 sound recording. Folkways Records, 1955.

• The Dream Keeper and Ohter Poems. Recording script & sound recording. Folkways, 1961.

• The First Book of Jazz. Pictures by Cliff Roberts. music selected by David Martin. New York: F. Watts, c1955.

• The First Book of Jazz. Illustrated by Cliff Roberts. Ecco Press, 1995.

• The First Book of Negroes. Pictures by Ursula Koering. New York: F. Watts, c1952.

• The First Book of Rhythms. Pictures by Robin King [pseud.]. New York: F. Watts, 1954.

• The First Book of the West Indies. Pictures by Robert Bruce. New York: F. Watts, 1956.

• Jazz. By Langston Hughes; updated and expanded by Sandford Brown. 3rd ed. New York: F. Watts, 1982.

• The Langston Hughes Reader. 1st ed. New York: G. Braziller, 1958; New York: G. Braziller, 1971, c1958.

• The Pasteboard Bandit. By Arna Wendell Bontemps and Langston Hughes; illustrations by Peggy Turley. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.

• Popo and Fifina. By Arna Bontemps and Langston Hughes; illus. by Simms Campbell. New York: Macmillan, 1932; New York: Oxford University Pr., 1993.

• The Sweet and Sour Animal Book. Illustrations by students of the Harlem School of the Arts. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.

• Thank You, M’am. Mankato, MN: Creative Education, 1991.

Musical Settings

• The Harlem Renaissance and Beyond [videorecording]. Mt. Kisco, N.Y.: Guidance Associates, 1990. Video Cassette PS508 .N3 H37x

• Langston Hughes [videorecording]: The Dream Keeper. South Carolina Educational Television Network, a New York Center for Visual History production. Santa Barbara: Intellimation, 1988. Video Cassette PS305 .V65x 1988 no.6

• A Meditation on LH and the Harlem Renaissance: With the Poetry of Essex Hemphill and Bruce Nugent. Sankofa Film and Video. NY: Water Bearer Films, 1992.

• Barber, Samuel. Fantasy in Purple. Words by Langston Hughes. 1 music manuscript score. 1925.

• Bartos, Jan Zdenek. Koncert Pro Housle a Orchestr. Original text Langston Hughes. Praha: Panton, 1974.

• Davidson, Charles. Freedom Train. Microform. From a poem by Langston Hughes; music by Charles Davidson.

• Gordon, Ricky Ian. Genius Child: A Cycle of 10 Songs. Music by Ricky Ian Gordon, using poems by Langston Hughes. Williamson Music; distributed by Hal Leondard, c1995. University of Virginia.

• Bonds, Margaret. The Ballad of the Brown King. Written by Hughes, Libretto by Hughes, music by Margaret Bonds. New York: Sam fox, 1961.

• Gordon, Ricky Ian. Only Heaven: Piano-Vocal. Milwaukee, Wis.: Williamson Music; distributed by H. Leonard Corp.,1997.

• Haden, Charlie. Dream Keeper. By Charlie Haden and the Liberation Music Orchestra. Hollywood, CA: Blue Note, 1991.

• Siegmeister, Elie. Madam to You. Sound recording. Composers Recordings, p1979.

• Siegmeister, Elie. Ways of Love: Langston Hughes Songs. 1 sound disc. Five pieces for piano. New York: CRI, p1986.

• Swanson, Howard. Seven Songs. 1 sound disc. New York: American Recording Society, 1953.

• Weston, Randy. Bantu. 2 discs. sound recording. Roulette RE 130, 1976. Music by Randy Weston, words by Langston Hughes.

• America’s Town Meeting of the Air. 1 tape reel. Cataloged from notes compiled by the Recording Laboratory of the Library of Congress; actual tape contents may vary. Originally broadcast on ABC Radio, New York, Feb. 17, 1944. Address—Radio. Library of Congress.

• The Beat Generation. 3 sound discs. Santa Monica, CA: Rhino/Word Beat, p1992. [Note: includes “Blues Montage” Langston Hughes, with Leonard Feather].

• The First Album of Jazz for Children, with Documentary Recordings from the Library of Folkways Records. New York: Folkways Records, c1954. [Note: narrated by Langston Hughes, based upon his book of the same title].

• The Glory of Negro History. 1 sound disc. New York: Folkways Records, 19 ? [Note narrated by Langston Hughes].

• The Harlem Renaissance and Beyond. 1 videocassette. Mt. Kisco, NY: Guidance Associates, c1990.

• Langston Hughes Video recording: The Dream Keeper. Juvenile poetry. South Carolina Educational Television Network, a New York Center for Visual History Production, 1988.

• Poems from Black Africa. 1 cassette recording. Performed by Langston Hughes. Caedmon, 1971.

• The Subject Is Jazz. Jazz and Other Arts. 3 16mm tapes. NBC Television; in cooperation with the Educational Television and Radio Center; executive producer, Brice Howard. NBC Television, 1958. Gilbert Seldes, host; Langston Hughes, guest. Library of Congress.

• Tambourines to Glory. 1 sound disc. Gospel songs by Langston Hughes & Jobe Huntley. Folkways, 1958. University of Virginia.

Criticism and Secondary Reading:

• Barksdale, Richard. Langston Hughes: The Poet and His Critics. Chicago: American Carrier Library, 1977.

• Bloom, Harold, ed. Langston Hughes. New York: Chelsea House, 1989.

• Bonner, Pat E. Sassy Jazz and Slo’Draggin’ Blues: Music in the Poetry of Langston Hughes. New York: P. Lang, 1996.

• Cobb, Martha. Harlem, Haiti, and Havana: A Comparative Critical Study of Langston Hughes, Jacques Roumain, Nicolas Guillen. 1st ed. Washington, DC: Three Continents Press, 1979.

• Dace, Tish. Langston Hughes: The Contemporary Reviews. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997.

• Dickinson, Donald C. A Bio-Bibliography of LH, 1902-1967. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1972.

• Duffy, Susan. ed. The political plays of Langston Hughes. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 2000.

• Emanuel, James A. Langston Hughes. New York: Twayne, 1967.

• Haskins, James. Always Movin’ On: The Life of Langston Hughes. Trenton: Africa World Press, 1993.

• Meltzer, Milton. Langston Hughes; a biography. NY: Crowell, 1968.

• Rampersad, Arnold. The Life of LH. 2 vols. NY: Oxford UP, 1986-1988.

• Walker, Alice. Langston Hughes, American poet. Illustrated by Don Miller. NY: Crowell, 1974.

• Fauset, Jessie Redmon: There is Confusion, 1924; Plum Bun, 1928; The Chinaberry Tree; 1931; Comedy, American Style, 1933

• Fisher, Rudolph: The Walls of Jericho, 1928; The Conjure Man Dies: A Mystery Tale of Dark Harlem, 1932.

• Huggins, Nathan Irvin, ed. Voices from the Harlem Renaissance. New York: Oxford University Press, 1976.

• Hurston, Zora Neale: Jonah’s Gourd Wine , 1934; Their Eyes Were Watching God, 1937

• Larsen, Nella: Quicksand, 1928; Passing, 1929

• McKay, Claude: *Home to Harlem,*1927; Banjo,1929; Gingertown, 1931; Banana Bottom,1933

• Schuyler, George: Black No More, 1930; Slaves Today, 1931

• Thurman, Wallace: The Blacker the Berry; a Novel of Negro Life, 1929; Infants of the Spring, 1932; Interne, with Abraham l. Furman, 1932

• Toomer, Jean. Cane. W. W. Norton & Co. New York, 1975 [1923]

• Barksdale, Richard. LH: The Poet and His Critics. Chicago: American Library Association, 1977.

• Jarraway, David R. Going the Distance: Dissident Subjectivity in Modernist American Literature. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State UP, 2003.

• Jemie, Onwuchekwa. LH: An Introduction to the Poetry. NY: Columbia UP, 1976.

• McLaren, Joseph. Langston Hughes, folk dramatist in the protest tradition, 1921-1943. Westport, Conn: Greenwood P, 1997.

• Miller, R. Baxter. LH and Gwendolyn Brooks: A Reference Guide. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1978.

• Miller, R. Baxter. The Art and Imagination of Langston Hughes. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1989.

• ---. The Art and Imagination of LH. Lexington: UP of Kentucky, 1989.

• Mullen, Edward J., ed. Critical Essays on LH. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1986.

• O’Daniel, Therman B., ed. LH: Black Genius: A Critical Evaluation. NY: Morrow, 1971.

• Onwuchekwa, Jemie. Langston Hughes: An Introduction to the Poetry. New York: Columbia University Press, 1976.

• Ostrom, Hans A. Langston Hughes: A Study of the Short Fiction. NY: Twayne, 1993.

• Saul, Scott. Freedom Is, Freedom Ain’t: Jazz and the Making of the Sixties. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 2003.

• Smith, Katharine C. Children’s Literature of the Harlem Renaissance. Bloomington, IN: Indiana UP, 2004.

• Tracy, Steven C. Langston Hughes and the Blues. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1988.

• Trotman, C.James, ed. Langston Hughes: The Man, His Art, and His Continuing Influence. New York: Garland,1995.

• Westover, Jeffrey W. The Colonial Moment: Discoveries and Settlements in Modern American Poetry. DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois UP, 2004.

• Witalec, Janet. ed. Harlem Renaissance: A Gale Critical Companion. Detroit, MI: Gale, 2002.