DJW_Langston+Hughes

=**Langston Hughes**= [|Langston Hughes Biography (Outside Link)]

Hughes' parents divorced when he was at a young age. He then lived with his grandmother for a while. At age thirteen he moved back in with his mom and her new husband. The family eventually settled in Cleveland, Ohio.

After one year at Columbia University, Hughes left and worked several random jobs. These included working as a busboy and on a ship that journeyed to Europe and Africa.

Langston Hughes' first published work was //The Negro Speaks of Rivers//, which appeared in //Crisis.// He would publish another popular work, //The Weary Blues,// even before he graduated from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania.

Hughes, although writing was his passion, he also showed interest in jazz.

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