... recognized Hughes abilities and subsequently helped publicize Hughes work. Hughes never married and several of his friends were homosexual, among them Carl Van Vechten, who wrote the controversial novel Nigger Heaven (1926) therefore causing an unrelevant speculation about his sexuality. Hughes wrote in many genres, but he is best known for his poetry in which he disregarded classical forms ... in favor of musical rhythms and the oral and improvisatory traditions of black culture. http://myhero.com/hero.asp?hero=langstonHughes Langston Hughes earned a place amongst the greatest poets .....

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