i wonder as i wander an autobiographical journey

I couldn’t help thinking how difficult travelling was back then. I learned some fascinating information about the world and also about Hughes, the most interesting was perhaps that he was quite good friends with Alfred Koestler, whom he travelled with. He showed that the world was a lot more diverse than many thought, even back then.

His experiences as a black man were even more so as race did play a part in his travels. His insights were really fascinating and thought-provoking. Some of the places he visited were Haiti, Cuba, the former Soviet Union, and Japan.

The autobiography focused on Hughes’ thoughts and experiences while travelling around the world during the 1930s, and how his travels shaped his craft and personal philosophy. His influence on Black world literature is immense.” In the preface, Margaret Walker says about Hughes, “Langston Hughes loved life and all people, and at the same time worked diligently at his craft and art of writing and was one of the most prolific writers in this (20th) Century. He wanted to tell the stories of his people in ways that reflected their actual culture, including both their suffering and their love of music, laughter, and language itself.This was an incredibly enjoyable autobiography of one of my favourite poets, Langston Hughes. Unlike other notable black poets of the period-Claude McKay, Jean Toomer, and Countee Cullen-Hughes refused to differentiate between his personal experience and the common experience of black America. He wrote novels, short stories and plays, as well as poetry, and is also known for his engagement with the world of jazz and the influence it had on his writing, as in 'Montage of a Dream Deferred.' His life and work were enormously important in shaping the artistic contributions of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. Langston Hughes is known for his insightful and colorful portrayals of black life. In 1930 his first novel, Not Without Laughter, won the Harmon gold medal for literature. He finished his college education at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania three years later. Hughes's first book of poetry, The Weary Blues, was published by Alfred A. Following graduation, he spent a year at Columbia University afterwards traveling and holding a series of odd jobs. At 13, he settled with his mother and her new husband in Ohio. His parents divorced when he was a child. James Langston Hughes was born February 1, 1902, in Joplin, Missouri.

I wonder as i wander an autobiographical journey