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__Annotated Bibliography by Jared Smith__

Bloom, Harold, __Langston Hughes__, Broomall: Bloom's Major Poets, 1999

__Langston Hughes__ is a book that has a biography of Langston Hughes, sections analyzing "The Weary Blues," "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," "Song for a Dark Girl." The book goes into detail about Langston Hughes' life, and the sections on his works were also critiqued quite nicely. This book would be a great book to read for writing a paper on Langston Hughes, but more information might be needed.

Chalton, Nicola E.D., __Literary Lifelines Vol. 5__ Danbury (page 68): The Diagram Group, 1998

__Literary Lifelines Vol. 5__ is a reference book from the editors of The Diagram Group that features authors from Ernest Hemingway through Stanley Kunitz. The section on Langston Hughes provides information on his style of writing, poems, essays, and novels.The biography was not something to use by itself because it was a just a brief summary of his life. More information would be needed if one was trying to write a paper on Langston Hughes.

"Hughes, (James) Langston (1902-1967)." //DISCovering Authors//. Online ed. Detroit: Gale, 2003. //Student Resource Center - Gold//. Gale. Fuquay Varina High School/WCPS/. 27 May. 2008. http://www..galenet.com/servlet/srcx

"(James) Langston Hughes" is a database from the online editors of theGalegroup company. The database contains a detailed summary of Langston Hughes' life, personal information, awards, careers, works, and further readings. The biography was very helpful in my research and i recommend that it be used in the gathering of information on Langston Hughes. It was also very helpful to have all of his writings. The listing of the works does not include summarys or an analysis.

Waldron, Edward E. "The Blues Poetry of Langston Hughes." //DISCovering Authors//. Online ed. Detroit: Gale, 2003. //Student Resource Center - Gold//. Gale. Fuquay Varina High School/WCPS/. 27 May. 2008 http://www.galenet.com/servlet/srcx

"The Blues Poetry of Lanston Hughes" is a database similar to the previous entry but looks into how the blues affected Langston Hughes' writings. The database is deffinately helpful in understanding what the blues did for Hughes and how they impacted his life. There is also quotes by Hughes and short explanations of the meanings of each. This information along with a biography might be sufficient to write a paper Langston Hughes

Upon completion of this project, i have learned that i need to try to remember that i might not catch another break and be able to work on my citations a day late without getting a late grade in the future. This whole project was different from a regular research paper, in the sense that we had to write no paper. It was the same in the sense that we still had to research and teach ourselves something about these authors. The most interesting thing i learned about Langston Hughes was that he was a communist at mind. The easiest part about the project was the actual research, and the hardest part was making myself remember to do everything that i needed to do. I do not wish i would have done anything different, except finish everything that i needed to on time. I think this style of research might not teach everyone all they need to know about authors, because a lot of the information could potentially be transfered without being learned about.
 * __Reflection Three__**

Dinner Convorsation** Yo Langston dude, how was your day?
 * __Creative Genre__

L-oh you know, same old same old. Woke up and thought about another great book to write about..

..oh word? That's cool man. I wish i could write as easily as you.

L-oh you could man, if you just put your mind to it, you can bring the white devils of the land to stop being so ignorant, or whatever you were talking about.

oh man, i was talking about writing. but thats cool too man.

L-if you say so.

so did you talk to your moms yet?

L-no not yet. she still doesnt want to see me ya know, cause she like left me or something when i was a baby or whatever.

yeah i heard man. bummer.

L-i know, its influenced me a lot in my writings though

oh yeah? well thats good man, im glad you could turn it into a possitive.

L-turn my mom abandoning me into a positive? obviously youve never had your mom leave you with your g-ma huh?

no not that i can recall Langston buddy.

L-Yeah i didnt think so. but yeah anyway, my grandmother was cool and stuff.

oh yeah, my grandmother is cool too.

L-oh yeah she called earlier and said she wanted to see you. CALL YA GRANDMA BOY!!!!

AAAAAHHH!! alright Langston, ill call her. but first, how was your pops this whole time.

L-oh i dunno, but he like wanted me to go to college and stuff, but i was like kiss it. and when i say "it" im referring to my anus.

well thats cool man, im glad you could stick up for yourself and do what you wanted, which ultimately lead you to becoming a huge recognized and talked about authors in the twenty first century or whatever.

L-i apreciate it little ese!