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Langston Hughes : poems, photos & notebooks from Turkestan /

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"In 1932, along with a group of African American activists and writers including novelist Dorothy West, Langston Hughes journeyed to the Soviet Union. Veering off from the "official" trip, Hughes met Arthur Koestler before venturing on to an extended journey through the newly formed r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 (Author)
Other Authors: Ghulom, Ghafur, 1903-1966, Ahmedi, Karim, Saed, Zohra, 1975- (Editor), Alcalay, Ammiel (Editor)
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: New York : Center for the Humanities, the Graduate Center, The City University of New York, 2015.
Series:Lost and Found, The CUNY Poetics Document Initiative ; ser 5, no. 3.
Subjects:
Hughes, Langston, > 1902-1967 > Criticism and interpretation.
Hughes, Langston, > 1902-1967 > Travel > Turkmenistan.
Hughes, Langston, > 1902-1967 > Travel > Uzbekistan.
Poets, American > 20th century.
Turkmenistan > Description and travel.
Uzbekistan > Description and travel.
Chapbooks, American > 21st century.
Chapbooks > New York (State) > New York > 2015.
Table of Contents:
  • Langston Hughes in Turkestan: an introduction / Zohra Saed ; Notebooks (1932-1933)
  • "Old Uzbek poem" and "Tashkent"
  • Gafur Gulam's "On the Turksib roads"
  • Karim Ahmedi: poem for Langston Hughes on his arrival to Uzbekistan / Langston Hughes ; Postscript / Zohra Saed ; Biographical notes.