Simple's Uncle Sam - Softcover

Hughes, Langston

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0809086816 ISBN 13: 9780809086818

Publisher: Hill and Wang, 2000

Synopsis

Langston Hughes's most beloved character comes back to life in this extraordinary collection, Simple's Uncle Sam, featuring a new introduction by Akiba Sullivan Harper.

Langston Hughes is best known as a poet, but he was also a prolific writer of theater, autobiography, and fiction. None of his creations won the hearts and minds of his readers as did Jesse B. Semple, better known as "Simple." Simple speaks as an Everyman for African Americans in Uncle Sam's America. With great wit, he expounds on topics as varied as women, Gospel music, and sports heroes--but always keeps one foot planted in the realm of politics and race.

Over the years readers have been able to appreciate Simple's situational humor as well as his poignant questions about social injustice in The Best of Simple and The Return of Simple. Now they can, once again, enjoy the last of Hughes's original Simple books.

About this title

About the Authors

Langston Hughes (1902-67) was born in Joplin, Missouri, was educated at Lincoln University, and lived for most of his life in New York City. He is best known as a poet, but he also wrote novels, biography, history, plays, and children's books. Among his works are two volumes of memoirs, The Big Sea and I Wonder as I Wander, and two collections of Simple stories, The Best of Simple and The Return of Simple.

Akiba Sullivan Harper is a professor of English at Spelman College and the editor of The Return of Simple.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hill and Wang
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0809086816
• ISBN 13: 9780809086818
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208