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Langston Hughes
“Hughes’s art can be likened to that of Jelly Roll Morton and the other creators of jazz. His sources are street music. His language is Harlemese. In his way he too is an American original.” —Arna Bontemps
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Paul Bowles
Jane Bowles
Ray Bradbury
William Bradford
Anne Bradstreet
Gwendolyn Brooks
Charles Brockden Brown
William Wells Brown
Octavia E. Butler
Rachel Carson
Raymond Carver
Willa Cather
Raymond Chandler
John Cheever
Charles W. Chesnutt
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A champion of America’s great writers and timeless works, Library of America guides readers in finding and exploring the exceptional writing that reflects the nation’s history and culture.

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