GRAND CENTRAL
ANNE X
1 CENT

Langston Hughes,

 care Alfred Knopf,

 501 Madison Ave.,

 New York City, N.Y.

149 EAST 40TH STREET
NEW YORK CITY

Dear Langston,

I couldn't come the other night
because my college opened last week.Toobad
this did not come sooner when I had more
leisure. All my best wishes for the success
of your book; it seems to be getting a good pres
We use what you write in my classes; but that
will never burn up the world! I mean the
class--not your writings. Write the next
part now--I urge you, even if you have to
wait a bit for publication.

Warmest greetings,

Ted Taggard

GRAND CENTRAL
ANNEX

Langston Hughes,
Hollow Hills Farm
Jamesburg Route
Monetaryy, California.

Dear Langston,

Your poems came and were read at a large
session of the congress by Kreymborg, and with
great effect. Thank you for them and for
the letter. Also for the suggestion about
Bernard Smith. He has accepted two poems,
Silence in Mallorca and Long View, for the
anthology. I submitted the Marion Anderson
poem and hoped he would use it. I am writing
a series, entitled To the Negro People of
which these are a part. City of the Blues,
one I like best has been turned down by
every magazine I know.

Perhaps it is a mistake for you to stay
so far away from your New York friends,
especially during Congresses. This one was
the best yet in every way; I cannot describe
all its merit. It was good for me; I needed
it. I hope your work is going well, and I
look forward to hearing from you whenever
the spirit moves,

Yours sin. C...erely