# @CenterOnColfax on Facebook

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- **Posted:** 2022-02-15T23:33:00.000+00:00

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Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967) was a writer who was born in Joplin, Missouri and, after moving extensively with his family while growing up, came to New York to study at Columbia University in 1921. He soon became part of the community of creative people in Harlem and lived for a time in the same boarding house as Richard Bruce Nugent and Wallace Thurman. With Thurman, Zora Neale Hurston, and others, Hughes assembled the journal Fire! in 1926—a collection of art, plays, poetry, and short stories that focused on subjects such as prostitution, homosexuality, and the experiences of working class African Americans. Also in 1926, Hughes published his first volume of poetry titled The Weary Blues and he would go on to author novels, plays, short stories, newspaper columns, and numerous poetry collections, all primarily concerned with African-American identity. From clues in his poems and his associations with gay men, many people now believe that Hughes was either gay or bisexual.

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