Selected Poems by Langston Hughes (English) Paperback Book

Description: Selected Poems by Langston Hughes Classics edition with new introduction by Kayo Chingonyi of the essential poems of the poet laureate of black America - New Yorker. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description With a new introduction by the multi-prizewinning young poet Kayo Chingonyi.For over forty years, until his death in 1967, Langston Hughes captured in his poetry the lives of black people in the USA. This edition is Hughess own selection of his work, and was first published in 1959. It includes all of his best known poems including The Negro Speaks of Rivers, The Weary Blues, Song for Billie Holiday, Black Maria, Magnolia Flowers, Lunch in a Jim Crow Car and Montage of a Dream Deferred.A key figure in the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes is now seen as one of the great chroniclers of black American experience - and one of the great artists of the twentieth century. Author Biography Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri, in 1902. After graduation from high school, he spent a year in Mexico with his father, then moved to New York City, where he studied for a year at Columbia and made his career. His first published poem in a nationally known magazine was The Negro Speaks of Rivers, which appeared in Crisis in 1921. He became a leading light in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s. In 1925, Hughes was awarded the First Prize for Poetry by Opportunity, for his poem The Weary Blues which gave its title to his first collection of poems, published in 1926. He wrote poetry, short stories, song lyrics, essays, humour and plays and an autobiography, The Big Sea. Review Langston Hughes, for me, was always the poet of the people. -- Claudia RankineThe poet laureate of Harlem and the Harlem Renaissance -- Lemn Sissay * Guardian *Every time I read Langston Hughes I am amazed ... Hughes, in his sermons, blues and prayers, has working for him the power and the beat of Negro speech and Negro music. -- James Baldwin Promotional Classics edition with new introduction by Kayo Chingonyi of the essential poems of the poet laureate of black America New Yorker. Long Description Classics edition with new introduction by Kayo Chingonyi of the essential poems of the poet laureate of black America - New Yorker . With a new introduction by the multi-prizewinning young poet Kayo Chingonyi. For over forty years, until his death in 1967, Langston Hughes captured in his poetry the lives of black people in the USA. This edition is Hughess own selection of his work, and was first published in 1959. It includes all of his best known poems including The Negro Speaks of Rivers, The Weary Blues, Song for Billie Holiday, Black Maria, Magnolia Flowers, Lunch in a Jim Crow Car and Montage of a Dream Deferred. A key figure in the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes is now seen as one of the great chroniclers of black American experience - and one of the great artists of the twentieth century. Review Text Langston Hughes, for me, was always the poet of the people. Promotional "Headline" Classics edition with new introduction by Kayo Chingonyi of the essential poems of the poet laureate of black America New Yorker. Details ISBN1788164512 Author Langston Hughes Pages 320 Publisher Profile Books Ltd Year 2020 ISBN-10 1788164512 ISBN-13 9781788164511 Publication Date 2020-10-01 Language English Format Paperback UK Release Date 2020-10-01 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2020-10-01 Imprint Serpents Tail Edition Description Main - Classic Edition Alternative 9781852421274 DEWEY 811.54 Audience General NZ Release Date 2021-02-01 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:129968514;

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