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New York, The City College of the City of New York, 1992, Soft cover
First Edition, First Printing, Near Fine
Scarce program for a two-day festival honoring Langston Hughes at City College in New York. The Festival is a long-running event at City College that features academic research, readings, and performances related to the works of Langston Hughes. The 1992 Festival honored playwright August Wilson with the Langston Hughes Award for distinguished contributions to the arts and letters.
Laid in is an 8x10 black-and-white photo of Hughes admiring the poster for a performance of "Black Nativity" at the 1962 Spoleto Festival. (Photo uncredited).
This program is scarce in both commerce and in institutional holdings.
PHYSICAL DETAILS: Quarto (11 x 8.5 inches; 278 x 215 mm), [12] pages, in stiff, cream-colored wrappers (soft cover).
CONDITION: Light edge wear and soiling to wrappers, internally clean and unmarked. Near Fine.
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