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Rampersad, one of our foremost African-American scholars, is an apt biographer for Hughes (1902-67), our greatest black poet. I, Too, Sing America (volume 1) covers the years during which Hughes produced his best work and was most politically active; I Dream a World (volume 2) chronicles his artistic decline due to overwork in= response to perpetual financial difficulties. Both volumes are psychologically astute, critically penetrating and masterful in their intermingling of Hughes' story with a chronicle of the enormous changes that took place in black America during his lifetime.
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"There can be no question about the importance of Rampersad's biography...without doubt the definitive Hughes biography."--James Olney, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
"The best biography of Hughes ever written, and in my opinion it is also the best biography of a black American ever written."--Arna A. Bontemps, Hampton University
"Excellent....Mr. Rampersad [leaves] you eager to see what he makes of the rest of the story, and confident that his second volume will be as good as his first."--John Gross, The New York Times
"A near-perfect example of the biographer's art, balanced, and thought-provoking."--Kirkus Reviews
"This is a book I have waited half a lifetime for."--Alice Walker
"[An] exceptional biography."--Voice Literary Supplement
"Throughout this comprehensive and enthralling account of Hughes's life and his development as a writer, Rampersad offers a precise assessment of his work and its importance...This may be the best biography of a black writer we have had."--David Nicholson, The Washington Post Book World
"Absorbing....Readers can certainly applaud this beautifully-produced book and commend its scope."--American Literature
"An exquisite orchestration of the fully lived life."--Michael S. Harper, The Boston Globe
"A very fine first volume of a projected two-volume critical biography of Langston Hughes. Indeed, it is, by every measure, the best biography to date of a black literary figure....It is so well written that ordinary incidents and characters are well-meshed and, at times, almost seem to be creatively plotted....We eagerly await Rampersad's second volume of the Hughes biography. If it is as well-written and as authoritatively informative as this volume, the literary world will indeed be well served."--Resources for American Literary Study
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Rampersad, one of our foremost African-American scholars, is an apt biographer for Hughes (1902-67), our greatest black poet. I, Too, Sing America (volume 1) covers the years during which Hughes produced his best work and was most politically active; I Dream a World (volume 2) chronicles his artistic decline due to overwork in= response to perpetual financial difficulties. Both volumes are psychologically astute, critically penetrating and masterful in their intermingling of Hughes' story with a chronicle of the enormous changes that took place in black America during his lifetime.
Review
"There can be no question about the importance of Rampersad's biography...without doubt the definitive Hughes biography."--James Olney, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
"The best biography of Hughes ever written, and in my opinion it is also the best biography of a black American ever written."--Arna A. Bontemps, Hampton University
"Excellent....Mr. Rampersad [leaves] you eager to see what he makes of the rest of the story, and confident that his second volume will be as good as his first."--John Gross, The New York Times
"A near-perfect example of the biographer's art, balanced, and thought-provoking."--Kirkus Reviews
"This is a book I have waited half a lifetime for."--Alice Walker
"[An] exceptional biography."--Voice Literary Supplement
"Throughout this comprehensive and enthralling account of Hughes's life and his development as a writer, Rampersad offers a precise assessment of his work and its importance...This may be the best biography of a black writer we have had."--David Nicholson, The Washington Post Book World
"Absorbing....Readers can certainly applaud this beautifully-produced book and commend its scope."--American Literature
"An exquisite orchestration of the fully lived life."--Michael S. Harper, The Boston Globe
"A very fine first volume of a projected two-volume critical biography of Langston Hughes. Indeed, it is, by every measure, the best biography to date of a black literary figure....It is so well written that ordinary incidents and characters are well-meshed and, at times, almost seem to be creatively plotted....We eagerly await Rampersad's second volume of the Hughes biography. If it is as well-written and as authoritatively informative as this volume, the literary world will indeed be well served."--Resources for American Literary Study
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