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  • Chapter 23 - Anthologizing Langston Hughes, 1923–2020

  • from Part III - Afterlives
  • Edited by Vera M. Kutzinski, Vanderbilt University, Tennessee, Anthony Reed, Vanderbilt University, Tennessee
  • Book:
    Langston Hughes in Context
    Published online:
    10 November 2022
    Print publication:
    24 November 2022, pp 245-255

  • Summary

    Although Langston Hughes remains one of our most widely published authors, few attempts have been made to chart the circulation of his works across dozens of anthologies during the twentieth century and into the twenty-first century. Yet an examination of 180 collections published over more than ninety-five years shows how editors collectively made Hughes a representative and at the same time exceptional black writer. The authors of this chapter use data management and analyses to understand a variety of patterns associated with the extensive processes of anthologizing Langston Hughes from 1923 through 2020. Their project reveals how Hughes reprints make him a statistical outlier, not merely widely published, and further, their research indicates the importance of incorporating quantitative approaches into the study of African American publishing history.