... -father to Cleveland Ohio. The city opened a new world to the small town boy from Kansas. There he attended Central High School, and met newly arrived immigrant children from Poland, Russian, and Germany. In school he enjoyed the work read to him by his teachers of Carl Sandburg, Vachel Lindsey, and Edgar Lee Masters. In the summers following he spent with ... in the spring and summer of 1930 Hughes completed his education, and published his next great work Not Without Laughter. In the twenties Hughes wrote within two main streams of literature. With his everyday themes and free verse st...

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• Grade Level: High School