Langston Hughes

American poet and central figure of the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes was born

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by Langston Hughes (1902–67)

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Here I sit with my belly full

And he who might have been my brother

Walks hungry in the rain.

Here I sit with my belly full

And she I might have loved

Seeks someone in the shadows

To whom she may sell her body.

Here I sit with my belly full,

No longer in the rain,

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Question:

What poet coined the phrase "The Lost Generation," refering to the generation of expatriot American writers who wrote in the years between the First World War and the Depression?

Answer

Gertrude Stein. Ernest Hemingway attributes the phrase to her in his memoir A Moveable Feast.

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