Fine Clothes to the Jew

Fine Clothes to the Jew is a 1927 poetry collection by Langston Hughes published by Alfred A. Knopf.

Because it departed from sentimental depictions of African-American culture, the collection was widely criticized, especially in the Black press, when it was published.

[1] The title appears in the poem "Hard Luck" in the book's first section.

[3] The collection was Hughes' least successful in terms of both sales and critical reception.

[5] Biographer Arnold Rampersad called it Hughes' "most brilliant book of poems.