title: The Later Simple Stories (LH8) (The Collected Works of Langston Hughes)
author: Langston Hughes
description: <div><P>Donna Akiba Sullivan Harper is Professor of English at Spelman College in Atlanta. She is the author of Not So Simple: The "Simple" Stories by Langston Hughes and the editor of The Collected Works of Langston Hughes, Volume 7, The Early Simple Stories.</P></DIV>
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  **The Collected Works of**
  
  Langston Hughes
  
   **Volume 8**
  
  The Later Simple Stories
  
   **Projected Volumes in the Collected Works** The Poems: 1921–1940
  
  The Poems: 1941–1950
  
  The Poems: 1951–1967
  
  The Novels: _Not without Laughter_
  
  and _Tambourines to Glory_
  
  The Plays to 1942: _Mulatto_ to _The Sun Do Move_ The Gospel Plays, Operas,
  and Other
  
  Late Dramatic Work
  
  The Early Simple Stories
  
  The Later Simple Stories
  
  Essays on Art, Race, Politics, and World Affairs _Fight for Freedom_ and Other
  Writings on Civil Rights Works for Children and Young Adults: Poetry, Fiction,
  and Other Writing
  
  Works for Children and Young Adults: Biographies Autobiography: _The Big Sea_
  
  Autobiography: _I Wonder As I Wander_
  
  The Short Stories
  
  The Translations: Federico Garc´ıa Lorca, Nicolás Guillén, and Jacques Roumain
  
  An Annotated Bibliography of the
  
  Works of Langston Hughes
  
  Publication of
  
   **The Collected Works of Langston Hughes**
  
  has been generously assisted by
  
  La