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Summary: Presents a collection of letters exchanged over the course of four decades between poet Langston Hughes and his mentor, Carl Van Vechten, offering an incisive look at current events and issues.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.5209 HUGHughes, Langston
Summary: "Nearly ninety years after its first publication, this celebratory edition of The Weary Blues reminds us of the stunning achievement of Langston Hughes, who was just twenty-four at its first appearance. Beginning with the opening "Proem" (prologue poem)--"I am a Negro: / Black as the night is black, / Black like the depths of my Africa"--Hughes spoke directly, intimately, and powerfully of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 HUGHughes, Langston
Contents: v. 1. The poems, 1921-1940 -- v. 2. The poems, 1941-1950 -- v. 3. The poems, 1951-1967 -- v. 4. The novels: Not without laughter and Tambourines to glory -- v. 5. The plays to 1942: Mulatto to The sun do move -- v. 6. Gospel plays, operas, and later dramatic works -- v. 8. The later Simple stories -- v. 9. Essays on art, race, politics, and world affairs -- v. 10. Fight for freedom and other...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Missouri Press 2001
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Summary: Powerful poems dealing with the most compelling issues of this African American's time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.52 HUGHughes, Langston
Summary: Discusses Black history on the social, political, economic, and cultural fronts and includes over 1,000 pictures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 1983
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 973.0496 HUGHughes, Langston
Summary: "This unprecedented collection of Langston Hughes's letters is arranged by decades, with helpful interstitial material and notes throughout to guide us through Hughes's journey in all its aspects: literary, personal, political, practical. His correspondents include such luminaries as Carl Van Vechten, Blanche Knopf, Ezra Pound, Countee Cullen, Paul Robeson, and Richard Wright. The letters tell...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HUGHES, LANGSTON HUGHughes, Langston
Summary: A board book adaptation of Langston Hughes's beloved poem celebrates the endearing love between a mother and a baby and is complemented by painted collage illustrations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD HUGHughes, Langston
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1995
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Publisher / Publication Date: A.A. Knopf 1994
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Summary: Langston Hughes's poetry launched a revolution among black writers in America. The poems in this volume were chosen by Hughes shortly before his death in 1967 and encompass work from his entire career.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.52 HUGHughes, Langston
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1996
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HUGHughes, Langston
Summary: "Dream Variation," one of Langston Hughes's most celebrated poems, about the dream of a world free of discrimination and racial prejudice, is now a picture book stunningly illustrated by Daniel Miyares...An African-American boy faces the harsh reality of segregation and racial prejudice, but he dreams of a different life--one full of freedom, hope, and wild possibility, where he can fling his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Summary: A brief profile of African American poet Langston Hughes accompanies some of his better known poems for children.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811.52 HUGHughes, Langston
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Missouri Press 2001