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The Big Sea (1940) is an autobiographical work by Langston Hughes. In it, he tells his experience of being a writer of color in Paris, France, and his experiences living in New York, where he faced injustices surrounding systematic racism.
From filmmakers Lewis Arnold and Chris Nelson, The Big Sea is an independent, investigative documentary exposing surfing’s hidden links to Cancer Alley and the devastating impact of the wetsuit world’s toxic addition to Neoprene.
What is The Big Sea? From filmmakers and lifelong surfers Lewis Arnold and Chris Nelson, The Big Sea is an independent, documentary exploring the toxic nature of Neoprene production and surfing’s links to Cancer Alley.
Big Sea is the first book in the autobiographical series of African-American poet Langston Hughes. Published in 1940, when Hughes was 38, the volume retraces his early childhood, adolescence, and initial years trying to succeed as a writer and artist of minority status in New York and Paris.
Langston Hughes, born in 1902, came of age early in the 1920s. In The Big Sea he recounts those memorable years in the two great playgrounds of the decade--Harlem and Paris. In Paris he was a cook and waiter in nightclubs.
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The Big Sea: an exploration of the toxic nature of wetsuits, the true human cost of Neoprene production and surfing’s links to Cancer Alley.
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Feb 15, 2022 · The Big Sea (1940) is a novel by American poet Langston Hughes. It chronicles Hughes’s life as a young adult in Harlem and Paris in the 1920s. In Paris, he was a cook and waiter in nightclubs. In Harlem, he was a rising young poet at the center of the Harlem Renaissance.
