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Van Vechten would serve as Hughes' de facto editor and agent for years to
come. His close personal and professional relationships with Alfred and
Blanche--they were not only his close friends, but publishers, too--
gave Van Vechten a priveleged position at the publishing house. In turn,
both Alfred and Blanche relied on Van Vechten to keep them abreast of
current trends in black literature. Click on the letter to listen to Emily Bernard's commentary.
Blanche Knopf
by Carl Van Vechten portrait of Van Vechten
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" A prediction to Carl "
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- Listen to a rich conversation between Emily and Judith Jones, who was Langston Hughes's last editor and who continues to work at Knopf -- Judith served as Emily's editor on this project as well. While you listen to the conversation (about 15 minutes in length), you can still move around the site, look at images and read excerpts and letters. This is a large file to download.
- Hear Emily read several of the letters from the book on Random House's Bold Type.
- Visit the Langston Hughes pages in the Knopf Poetry Center.
- Read an excerpt from Carl Van Vechten's contoversial novel, Nigger Heaven.
- Return to Emily Bernard's main desktop page.
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