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‘Simple On Military Integration’ by Langston Hughes

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July 20, 2018November 22, 2025 by bcw56 Categories: Short Story Magic TricksTags: 1950s, American lit, American literature, analysis, criticism, fiction, Harlem, Langston Hughes, short stories, Simple On Military Integration Leave a comment

‘Simple On Indian Blood’ by Langston Hughes

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July 19, 2018November 22, 2025 by bcw56 Categories: Short Story Magic TricksTags: 1950s, American lit, American literature, analysis, criticism, fiction, Harlem, Langston Hughes, short stories, Simple On Indian Blood Leave a comment

‘Conversation On The Corner’ by Langston Hughes

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July 18, 2018October 2, 2025 by bcw56 Categories: Short Story Magic TricksTags: 1950s, American lit, American literature, analysis, Conversation On The Corner, criticism, fiction, Harlem, Langston Hughes, short stories Leave a comment

‘Simple Prays A Prayer’ by Langston Hughes

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July 17, 2018November 22, 2025 by bcw56 Categories: Short Story Magic TricksTags: 1950s, A Simple Enquiry, American lit, American literature, analysis, criticism, fiction, Harlem, Langston Hughes, short stories Leave a comment

‘Landladies’ by Langston Hughes

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July 16, 2018November 22, 2025 by bcw56 Categories: Short Story Magic TricksTags: 1950s, American lit, American literature, analysis, comedy, criticism, fiction, Harlem, Landladies, Langston Hughes, short stories Leave a comment

‘Feet Live Their Own Life’ by Langston Hughes

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July 15, 2018August 5, 2025 by bcw56 Categories: Short Story Magic TricksTags: 1960s, American literature, analysis, criticism, Feet Live Their Own Life, fiction, Harlem, Langston Hughes, New York City, short stories Leave a comment

‘Muttsy’ by Zora Neale Hurston

Muttsy by Zora Neale Hurston, 1926 Continue reading →

July 3, 2018November 22, 2025 by bcw56 Categories: Short Story Magic TricksTags: 1920s, American lit, American literature, analysis, criticism, fiction, Harlem, Muttsy, New York City, short stories, Zora Neale Hurston 1 Comment

‘Condemned House’ by Lucille Boehm

Condemned House by Lucille Boehm, 1939 Continue reading →

July 2, 2018September 9, 2025 by bcw56 Categories: Short Story Magic TricksTags: 1930s, American lit, American literature, analysis, Condemned House, criticism, fiction, Harlem, Lucille Boehm, New York City, short stories Leave a comment

‘Truant’ by Claude McKay

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January 30, 2018August 25, 2025 by bcw56 Categories: Short Story Magic TricksTags: 1930s, American lit, American literature, analysis, Claude McKay, criticism, fiction, Harlem, Harlem Renaissance, short stories, Truant, West Indian lit, West Indian literature Leave a comment

‘Who’s Passing For Who?’ by Langston Hughes

Who’s Passing For Who? by Langston Hughes, 1953 Continue reading →

November 28, 2017November 26, 2025 by bcw56 Categories: Short Story Magic TricksTags: 1950s, American lit, American literature, analysis, criticism, fiction, Harlem, Langston Hughes, short stories, Who's Passing For Who? 1 Comment

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