Another of his characters tries to divorce Isabel and marry Joyce, and among his comments from Paddy's Bar is that his "mama should have named [him] Job instead of Jesse B. Semple".  
One character created by this man used to own a hair-dressing parlor and barbecue stand, fights with a telephone operator over a long distance call from Roscoe, and berates a census taker for insisting that the "K" in "Alberta K. Johnson" must stand for something.  Another of his characters tries to divorce Isabel and marry Joyce, and among his comments from Paddy's Bar is that his "mama should have named [him] Job instead of Jesse B. Semple".  Also known for such poems as "I, Too, Sing America" and "Theme for English B", for 10 points, name this Harlem Renaissance figure who asks "What happens to a dream deferred?" and also wrote "The Weary Blues" and "The Negro Speaks of Rivers".
One character created by this man used to own a hair-dressing parlor and barbecue stand, fights with a telephone operator over a long distance call from Roscoe, and berates a census taker for insisting that the "K" in "Alberta K. Johnson" must stand for something.  
(James) Langston {Hughes}