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The Ways of White Folks: Stories Audiobook
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A collection of vibrant and incisive short stories depicting the sometimes humorous, but more often tragic interactions between Black people and white people in America in the 1920s and ‘30s.
One of the most important writers to emerge from the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes may be best known as a poet, but these stories showcase his talent as a lively storyteller. His work blends elements of blues and jazz, speech and song, into a triumphant and wholly original idiom.
Stories included in this collection:
- Cora Unashamed
- Slave on the Block
- Home
- Passing
- A Good Job Gone
- Rejuvenation Through Joy
- The Blues I'm Playing
- Red-Headed Baby
- Poor Little Black Fellow
- Little Dog
- Berry
- Mother and Child
- One Christmas Eve
- Father and Son
This audio title is masterfully narrated by award-winning narrator and actor, J.D. Jackson.
Produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont. ©1934, 1962 The Estate of J. Langston Hughes and International Literary Properties, LLC (P)
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About Langston Hughes
James Mercer Langston Hughes (1902–1967) was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form jazz poetry. Hughes is the author of more than sixty books. He is best known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance.
About JD Jackson
JD Jackson is a theater professor, aspiring stage director, and award-winning audiobook narrator. He is a classically trained actor, and his television and film credits include roles on House, ER, Law & Order, Hack, Sherrybaby, Diary of a City Priest, and Lucky Number Slevin. He is the recipient of more than a dozen Earphones Awards for narration and an Odyssey Honor for G. Neri’s Ghetto Cowboy, and he was also named one of AudioFile magazine’s Best Voices of the Year for 2012 and 2013. An adjunct professor at Los Angeles Southwest College, he has an MFA in theater from Temple University.