He wrote novels, short stories, plays, and poetry, and is also known for his engagement with the world of jazz and the influence it had on his writing, as in his book-length poem Montage of a Dream Deferred (Holt, 1951).

Hughes, who claimed Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Carl Sandburg, and Walt Whitman as his primary influences, is particularly known for his insightful portrayals of black life in America from the twenties through the sixties. In 1930 his first novel, Not Without Laughter (Knopf, 1930), won the Harmon gold medal for literature. He finished his college education at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania three years later. Hughes's first book of poetry, The Weary Blues, (Knopf, 1926) was published by Alfred A. In November 1924, he moved to Washington, D. He also travelled to Africa and Europe working as a seaman. During this time, he worked as an assistant cook, launderer, and busboy. After graduating from high school, he spent a year in Mexico followed by a year at Columbia University in New York City. It was in Lincoln that Hughes began writing poetry. He was raised by his grandmother until he was thirteen, when he moved to Lincoln, Illinois, to live with his mother and her husband, before the family eventually settled in Cleveland, Ohio. His parents divorced when he was a young child, and his father moved to Mexico. Its bloody loud too, don't make the mistake I did and stand next to it on 3/4 volume.James Mercer Langston Hughes was born February 1, 1902, in Joplin, Missouri. Not sure I would get this if I had the tubemeister 5 or 18 but for the 36 the extra punch and depth is just lovely. I have not opened it up but it just feels solid to the touch and when you place it on the ground there is that satisfying plonk of its not going to move anytime soon.

I would of liked a handle or more on the side the cab as it can be very cumbersome to walk around with just using the one handle on the top. I was looking at getting greenback speakers but the extra watts and range of sound just was better for me in the end. There is no way that they have this build quality and the closed back just makes them sound amazing. I spent heaps of time going over which cab to get and lets face it there are cheaper cabs with 2 x vintage 30's in them. It not exactly the smallest or the largest cabinet I have ever seen and looks great on the side with a tubemeister 36 sitting on top of it. When it arrived I had expected more than one package but the 2 extras I bought were in the cab box so don't go swearing you haven't received everything before you fully check the box.

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