Writer: Anna Contreras
Reviewer: Bouchra Boudiz
Unit 2 Peer Review
1- Comment Review table:
1- the theme you have selected for your paper it seems
very interesting, and I think you just need to do more
researches about it
Theme: Homosexuality
2- You need to clarify when you have these
statements; you have to cite where you got this
information form, and make it clear for the readers.
“ Many famous Black, poets, both
men and women, were said to be
Homosexual during this period
including Langston Hughes”
3- Introduction is too broad, you need to use the intro
to set up definition for your theme and explain how it
is presented on Hughes work. Give thesis on
Homosexuality.
“Langston Hughes was famous for
writing his poems based on what his
readers were feeling or thinking. He
wanted to make his black readers feel
understood…”
.4- Good selection, both poems are interested. You’ll
have to create a stronger sense of how the
conversation of “Homosexuality” connected to you
poems you selected.
“ Trumpet Player” and “ Café 3 A.M”
Good Job 
5- I like the way how you explained the poems that
you chose for your theme, but I think you don’t need
this big details and explanation on the poems. I think it
would better if you start with a brief summary of what
each poem is about and explain how they both are
related to your theme.That will greatly defines and
clarify your thesis statement.
“ Trouble “ is referring to them being
two men in love, and trouble that
mellows to a golden not” “ Trumpet
Player”
“The poem ends with questioning
whether the police woman is lesbian.
While the poem may be confusing to
read at first, keeping the theme…” “
Café 3 A.M”
6- Organization needs more work. For example you
need to divide you work and organize the structure of
your paragraph. I was kind of confused first I did not
know which one is your introduction.
Structure of the paper!!
7- For you literature review, you need more work on
researching scholarly dialogues on Hughes, I saw you
only cited two.
“Poem Hunter writes and article
titled, Biography of Langston
Hughes” & Hughes’s story “Blessed
Assurance”.
2- Memo Letter:
Dear Anna,
I really enjoyed reading your essay, and I liked the theme you chose that has been kind
of hiding on Langston Hughes’ work and you decided to explore it and discuss it on your paper.
Your paper presents the importance influence of homosexuality on Hughes’s literary work.
Hughes not only focused on racism, race, class, and equality for black people. But he also
includes love with the same sex or the opposite sex. And most scholars did agree that variety of
his essays, poems are based on homosexuality.
The first paragraph needs more work, you need to define your theme explain it and
discuss how it is related to Hughes’s work. I am kind of confused about this quote I did not know
if this is definition and you used it to justify your introduction to the theme. “Langston Hughes,
whose literary legacy is enormous and varied, was closeted, but homosexuality was an
important influence on his literary imagination, and many of his poems may be read as gay
texts.”
You did good job on the selection of the poems that are related to your theme “Trumpet
Player” And “Café 3 A.M”. You just need to condense a little and briefly say what is each poem
is about in total.
In paragraph 2 you did good job citing the Article that was written by University of
Illinois, “ the author explains, “ Arnold Rampersad, Hughes’ principal biographer, wrote; “
Hughes found some young men, especially dark-skinned men, appealing and sexually
fascinating”. This is important quote; it would fit better in your literature review move this to
your body paragraph and take time to introduce what this quote is and how it is related to your
theme. This will strengthen your discussion. Paragraph 5 is good, just need to bring more
resources, quotes, ideas specifically for Langston Hughes’ poetry and all articles that are related
to the theme “Homosexuality “
Thank You,
Good Luck 