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The Ways of White Folks
  • Published: 31 January 2023
  • ISBN: 9781784877415
  • Imprint: Vintage Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $26.00

The Ways of White Folks

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A collection of vibrant and incisive short stories depicting the sometimes humorous, but more often tragic interactions between Black people and white people in America in the 1920s and '30s.

THE CELEBRATED SHORT STORY COLLECTION FROM THE AMERICAN POET AND WRITER OFTEN CALLED THE 'POET LAUREATE OF HARLEM'
A black maid forms a close bond with the daughter of the cruel white couple for whom she works. Two rich, white artists hire a black model to pose as a slave. A white-passing boy ignores his mother when they cross each other on the street.

Written with sardonic wit and a keen eye for the absurdly unjust, these fourteen stories about racial tensions are as relevant today as the day they were penned, and linger in the mind long after the final page is turned.

'Powerful, polemical pieces' New York Times
'Some of the best stories that have appeared in this country in years' North American Review
  • Published: 31 January 2023
  • ISBN: 9781784877415
  • Imprint: Vintage Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $26.00
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About the author

Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes (1901-1967) was a central figure of the Harlem Renaissance and one of the most influential and acclaimed American writers of the twentieth century. A renowned poet from a young age, Hughes' first collection of poetry, The Weary Blues, was published when he was just 24. He would go on to publish more than thirty-five books, including his award-winning debut novel, Not Without Laughter, and the short story collection, The Ways of White Folks. His widely-read journalism and nonfiction became important documents in the support and promotion of the civil rights movement.

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Praise for The Ways of White Folks

'Powerful, polemical pieces'

New York Times

'Some of the best stories that have appeared in this country in years'

North American Review