When first published in 1930\, \;N ot Without Laughter \;established Langston Hughes as not only a b rilliant poet and leading light of the Harlem Renaissance but also a gifte d novelist. In telling the story of Sandy Rogers\, a young African America n boy in small-town Kansas\, and of his family&mdash\;his mother\, Annjee\ , a housekeeper for a wealthy white family\; his irresponsible father\, Ji mboy\, who plays the guitar and travels the country in search of employmen t\; his strong-willed grandmother Hager\, who clings to her faith\; his Au nt Tempy\, who marries a rich man\; and his Aunt Harriet\, who struggles t o make it as a blues singer&mdash\;Hughes gives the longings and lineament s of black life in the early twentieth century an important place in the h istory of racially divided America. (From the publisher)
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