I Wonder as I Wander: An Autobiographical Journey
Written by Langston Hughes and Arnold Rampersad
Narrated by Dominic Hoffman
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His wanderlust leads him to Cuba, Haiti, Russia, Soviet Central Asia, Japan, Spain (during its Civil War), through dictatorships, wars, revolutions. He meets and brings to life the famous and the humble, from Arthur Koestler to Emma, the Black Mammy of Moscow. It is the continuously amusing, wise revelation of an American writer journeying around the often strange and always exciting world he loves.
Cover design by Sara Eisenman. Cover photograph by Roy DeCarava © Sherry Turner DeCarava.
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes (1902-67) was born in Joplin, Missouri, was educated at Lincoln University, and lived for most of his life in New York City. He is best known as a poet, but he also wrote novels, biography, history, plays, and children's books. Among his works are two volumes of memoirs, The Big Sea and I Wonder as I Wander, and two collections of Simple stories, The Best of Simple and The Return of Simple.
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Reviews for I Wonder as I Wander
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Autobiography about his travels in Cuba, the Carribean, Southern America, Russia, Spanish Civil War all between WWI and WW II. Talked a lot about race relations in these areas. Very interesting from a historical point of view but at times it was confusing and at times it seemed like random name dropping.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hughes is often more of a spectator than a participant in this book, but the breadth of travel is far reaching. He doesn't name drop or glamorize, but still a wealth of lived experience emerges. Probably a good thing for a poet.