Du Bose Heyward wrote in the New York Herald Tribune in 1926: Langston Hughes, although only twenty-four years old, is already conspicuous in the group of Negro intellectuals who are dignifying Harlem with a genuine art life. . . .
Smudge stick. A smudge stick is a bundle of dried herbs, usually bound with string into a small bundle. The herbs are later burned as part of a ritual or ceremony. Plants that are often used include sage and cedar.
Whether you're smudging loose sage or a stick, you're going to need a place to burn it. A lot of new-agey people seem drawn to sage pots and abalone shells for some reason, so you'll often find them for sale next to the smudge sticks. I don't have anything against them; if you like them, get one.