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HUGHES LANGSTON NOT WITHOUT LAUGHTER

The award-winning first novel by the legendary Black American poet   When his award-winning
first novel Not Without Laughter was first published in 1930  Langston Hughes was already a
luminary of the Harlem Renaissance scene  best known for his groundbreaking poetry. Not Without
Laughter   which he had begun drafting while studying at Lincoln University  established him as
a gifted novelist as well as a beloved poet.  At the heart of the novel is Sandy Rogers  a
young boy who grows into a young man over the course of the novel  surrounded by his family.
His mother  Annjee  works as a housekeeper for a wealthy white family  his irresponsible father
Jimboy  plays the guitar and travels the country in search of employment  his strong-willed
grandmother Hager clings to her faith  his Aunt Tempy marries a rich man in the hope of a
better life  and his Aunt Harriet struggles to make it as a blues singer.  Hughes created a
fictional family based on those he had known while growing up in Kansas  painting a vivid
portrait of their joys and hardships. Not Without Laughter is a moving account of what it was
like to grow up African-American in the racially divided society of rural Kansas in the early
part of the twentieth century.

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