(LITERATURE AND POETRY) HUGHES LANGSTON Review of Leroi Jone

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PRAISE FROM ONE POET TO ANOTHER (LITERATURE AND POETRY.) HUGHES, LANGSTON. Review of Leroi Jones' (Amiri Baraka's) book Blues People, with a long inscription from Hughes to Jones, dated June 12, 1963. Single 4to sheet, ribbon copy, typed with inscription in typical green ink. At the top, Hughes has written, "Please Forward." New York, 1963

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a wonderful association. Above a typed 13 line review of Leroi Jones's "Blues People," Hughes writes: "Dear Leroi--I hear tell you are ill. Is that true? I tried today to phone your house. No luck. Your book is fine. Langston." Beneath the review, Hughes adds: "P.S. I just got an honorary degree from your Alma Mater," (Howard University). Blues People was published in 1963.