"The Short Stories of Langston HughesThis collection of forty-seven stories written between 1919 and 1963--the most comprehensive available--showcases Langston Hughes's literary blossoming and the development of his personal and artistic concerns. Many of the stories assembled here have long been out of print, and others never before collected. These poignant, witty, angry, and deeply poetic stories demonstrate Hughes's uncanny gift for ..."
"Short stories gathered from past collections and a few recovered pieces that Hughes himself had discarded make up this latest tribute to the accomplished writer, poet, and novelist of the Harlem revival. As in past collections, The Ways of White Folks (1934), Laughing to Keep From Crying (1952) and Something in Common and Other Stories (1963), Hughes portrays the urban dwellers--the cooks, panhandlers, night-club entertainers, fo ..."
"A new collection of "Simple" stories, more than half of which have never before been gathered into book form, chronicle the life and struggles of Jesse B. Semple and are considered by many to represent Langston Hughes's best work."
"Jesse B. Simple, Simple to his fans, made weekly appearances beginning in 1943 in Langston Hughes's column in the Chicago Defender. This collection contains 62 of Hughes's magnificent Simple stories, many never before published in book form. "A lively collection . . . funny-but-wise."--Robert O'Meally, New York Newsday."
Not So Simple(1st Edition) The "Simple" Stories by Langston Hughes by Donna A. Harper Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 1995 by Univ Of Missouri Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-8262-0980-1, ISBN: 0-8262-0980-7
Simple's Uncle Sam(Updated) With a New Introduction by AkibaSullivanHarper by Langston Hughes, AkibaSullivanHarper Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2000 by Hill And Wang Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-8090-8681-8, ISBN: 0-8090-8681-6
"Langston Hughes's most beloved character comes back to life in this extraordinary collectionLangston Hughes is best known as a poet, but he was also a prolific writer of theater, autobiography, and fiction. None of his creations won the hearts and minds of his readers as did Jesse B. Semple, better known as "Simple." Simple speaks as an Everyman for African Americans in Uncle Sam's America. With great wit, he expounds on topics as varie ..."
"For the first time in many years, Langston Hughes's published collections of stories are now available in a single book. Included in this volume are: Ways of White Folks, originally published in 1934; Laughing to Keep from Crying, originally published in 1952; and additional stories from Something in Common and Other Stories, originally published in 1963; as well as previously uncollected stories. These fictions, carefully crafted in th ..."