Share your impressions of one of the writers this week from the harlem renaissance. which literary genre(s) does your chosen writer write in? does he or she have a particular style and/or pursue themes that are characteristic of "the harlem renaissance? " what strikes you about a certain phrase or thought?

Langston Hughes was a poet, novelist, and playwright.  He was an early innovator of jazz poetry.  Arguably, his most famous poem "Harlem II" asks the all too important question, "What happens to a dream deferred?" 
Favorite line: "Or does it explode?"
Fun fact:  Nike's logo "Just Do It," was inspired by "Harlem II." 

"as the band marched across the crowd field cheered"