These 11 Minutes Start Off As A Celebration Of Words And End Up As A Mad Critique Of America

Society tends to base its definition of what’s culturally important on very arbitrary requirements. But by combining blues with poetry and sermons with sonnets, Langston Hughes was able to express a free, rebellious, culturally important American soul. No requirements required.

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Jun 19, 2014

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