Hughes's creative genius was influenced by his life in Harlem, New York. ... One of his favorite pastimes whether abroad or in Washington, D.C. or Harlem, New York was sitting in the clubs listening to blues, jazz and writing poetry. ... His real meanings are never that apparent and, in order to understand his work fully, one must have deep insight into ghetto life and psychology and an emotional tie. (www.falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/hughes.htm) Brooks Atkinson, a writer for the New York Times, wrote "Langston Hughes has succeeded in giving us in Not Without Laughter an intimate picture o...

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