Selected Poems of Langston Hughes
A Classic Collection of Poems by a Master of American Verse
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- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
1 January 1990
Summary
Langston Hughes electrified readers and launched a renaissance in Black writing in America. The poems in this collection were chosen by Hughes himself shortly before his death and represent stunning work from his entire career.
The poems Hughes wrote celebrated the experience of invisible men and women—of slaves who “rushed the boots of Washington”; of musicians on Lenox Avenue; of the poor and the lovesick; of losers in “the raffle of night.” They conveyed that experience in a voice …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780679728184 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 067972818X |
| Author: | Langston Hughes |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 1990 |
| Weight: | 255g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 130mm x 17mm |
| Series: | Vintage Classics |
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“Langston Hughes is a titanic figure in 20th-century American literature … a powerful interpreter of the American experience.” – The Philadelphia Inquirer
“Langston Hughes is a titanic figure in 20th-century American literature … a powerful interpreter of the American experience.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer
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Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes (1901–1967), one of the great poets of the Harlem Renaissance, was born in Joplin, Missouri, and spent much of his childhood in Kansas before moving to Harlem. Among his numerous awards and honors were a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1935, a Rosenwald Fellowship in 1940, and an American Academy of Arts and Letters Grant in 1947.
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