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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, Oct. 8, 1958
Langston Hughes Reads Poetry to 1,000 Students
Nearly 1,000 students crowded the Kansas Union ballroom yesterday afternoon to hear Langston Hughes read his poetry.
Perhaps the reason so many students were present was that Hughes is not only a poet but also a playwright, author, humorist, lyric writer, world traveler and a completely entertaining man.
When he spoke of jazz itself, Mr. Hughes said, "Jazz has created friends for our country all around the world in recent years. Jazz began as a Negro expression and is now an American expression."
Hughes said he held a warm feeling for this area of Kansas because he had spent his youth here and later had attended KU.
Mr. Hughes conveyed to a large group of students not merely poetry but the true essence of that form of writing; the feeling, the mood, the atmosphere. When he spoke, he embodied the feeling he was talking about. The jazz music in the background served to give the words texture that so often is missing on the blank sheet of paper.
An art exhibit by Robert Sudlow, assistant professor of drawing and painting at KU, is now on display in the South Lounge of the Kansas Union.
Mr. Sudlow's works have been shown extensively in the U.S. and Europe. Many of his individual works are represented in collections in Missouri, Kansas and many Western states.
Mr. Sudolw's exhibit, which will be on display until Nov. 21, shows oils, water colors and drawings.
Union Shows Sudlow's Art
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Hughes' characteristic syncopated poetry is a device of his own which he developed while he was dishwasher in a Paris night club. He uses the beats of the blues, jazz, Charleston and the Negro spiritual throughout his poetry.
- Saundra Hayn
Hughes began to write when he was in grammar school. He had just transferred to a Lincoln, Ill., school and, since he was a Negro and people seemed to associate rhythm with the Negro, he was elected to the position of class poet. This is the story as Mr. Hughes told it, and the audience loved it.
Keeping time to the background music with his foot, Hughes read his poetry effectively and according to his own standards. His reading was, according to his own specifications, "straightforward and clear." He said, "It's exciting for me, as a writer, to be able to read a poem to jazz." From the expressions of the audience, it was exciting for the audience, too.
A prevalent theme in most of Hughes' poetry is one dealing with the U.S. racial problem.
Although Hughes does not con-
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One of his poems told of a little girl who had just moved to the North from the South and was at a carnival. She wanted to ride the merry-go-round but was confused as to whether or not she would be allowed to ride, and if so, where.
— Saundra Hayv
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