{"product_id":"selected-poems-of-langston-hughes-a-classic-collection-of-poems-by-a-master-of-american-verse-paperback","title":"Selected Poems of Langston Hughes: A Classic Collection of Poems by a Master of American Verse - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLangston Hughes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eLangston 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThe 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 that blended the spoken with the sung, that turned poetic lines into the phrases of jazz and blues, and that ripped through the curtain separating high from popular culture. They spanned the range from the lyric to the polemic, ringing out \"wonder and pain and terror--and the marrow of the bone of life.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe collection includes \"The Negro Speaks of Rivers,\" \"The Weary Blues,\" \"Still Here,\" \"Song for a Dark Girl,\" \"Montage of a Dream Deferred,\" and \"Refugee in America.\" It gives us a poet of extraordinary range, directness, and stylistic virtuosity.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the publication of his first book of poems, The Weary Blues, in 1926, Langston Hughes electrified readers and launched a renaissance in black writing in America. 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 that blended the spoken with the sung, that turned poetic lines into the phrases of jazz and blues, and that ripped through the curtain separating high from popular culture. They spanned the range from the lyric to the polemic, ringing out \"wonder and pain and terror-- and the marrow of the bone of life.\" \u003cbr\u003eThe poems in this collection were chosen by Hughes himself shortly before his death in 1967 and represent work from his entire career, including \"The Negro Speaks of Rivers,\" \"The Weary Blues,\" \"Still Here,\" \"Song for a Dark Girl,\" \"Montage of a Dream Deferred,\" and \"Refugee in America.\" It gives us a poet of extraordinary range, directness, and stylistic virtuosity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLANGSTON 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 12, 1990\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45853992485061,"sku":"9780679728184","price":25.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/qmRML7ezdq9780679728184.webp?v=1781264777","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/selected-poems-of-langston-hughes-a-classic-collection-of-poems-by-a-master-of-american-verse-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}