Laughing to Keep from Crying

New York: Henry Holt, (1952).

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Hardcover. First edition. Fine in a slightly soiled, near fine dustwrapper with modest tanning on the spine. Nicely Inscribed by the author in the year of publication, using most of the front fly: "Especially for Bill – in gratitude and regard – Sincerely, Langston. New York City, 1952."

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Item #87885 Laughing to Keep from Crying. Langston HUGHES.

Langston Hughes
birth name: James Mercer Langston Hughes
born: 2/1/1902
died: 5/22/1967
nationality: USA

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African-American poet and writer who became one of the foremost interpreters to the world of the black experience in the United States. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore

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