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On the Road

Langston Hughes

First published 1989
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

A dreamlike narrative that is in fact revealed to be a dream at the end. In it, a hobo is refused entrance to a church and pulls it down, and walks away with Christ, who has descended from his cross and says he's going to Kansas City.

First published in Esquire, January 1935, under the title "Two on the Road."

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1989 Cover Fictions: Second Edition Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Anthology 545