Download or read book The Life of Langston Hughes written by Arnold Rampersad and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2002-01-10 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second volume in this biography finds Langston Hughes rooting himself in Harlem, receiving stimulation from his rich cultural surroundings. Here he rethought his view of art and radicalism and cultivated relationships with younger, more militant writers such as Richard Wright and Ralph Ellison.