Storytelling is an ancient and powerful human tradition. It ties us to cultural memory and the experiences of those who came before us, linking one generation to the next. Oral tradition is of keen importance to Black heritage and is honored here in this classic work by poet and Harlem Renaissance leader Langston Hughes. Vivid illustrations by contemporary artist Gary Kelley pair with Hughes's 1926 poem in picture-book form to invite young lea...
While largely forgotten, Langston Hughes¿ sophomore volume of poetry, Fine Clothes to the Jew, is considered by many to be his greatest collection of verse. Shifting his focus from the triumphant highs of jazz to the somber lows of the blues, Hughes once again paints a picture of when ¿the Negro was in vogue, ¿ only this time with a darker hue.
While largely forgotten, Langston Hughes¿ sophomore volume of poetry, Fine Clothes to the Jew, is considered by many to be his greatest collection of verse. Shifting his focus from the triumphant highs of jazz to the somber lows of the blues, Hughes once again paints a picture of when ¿the Negro was in vogue, ¿ only this time with a darker hue.
A leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes was the first to use his poetry to reflect the real daily lives of average Black people. This collection celebrates Black pride and contains messages of hope and optimism.
¿Sweet Blues! / Coming from a Black man¿s soul. / Oh Blues! / In a deep song voice and melancholy tone.¿ Featuring over five dozen poems that meld lyric to narrative, The Weary Blues is the award-winning introduction to jazz poetry and one of the leading voices of the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes.
Not Without Laughter' (1930) is based on the author's own childhood and early manhood memories. This moving coming-of-age story takes place in rural Kansas in the 1930s. It chronicles the narrative of little Sandy Rogers as he grows from a boy to a man, and it is a moving depiction of African-American family life in the early twentieth century. Sandy's mother, Annjee, works as a housekeeper for an affluent white family, his strong-willed grand...
Not Without Laughter' (1930) is based on the author's own childhood and early manhood memories. This moving coming-of-age story takes place in rural Kansas in the 1930s. It chronicles the narrative of little Sandy Rogers as he grows from a boy to a man, and it is a moving depiction of African-American family life in the early twentieth century. Sandy's mother, Annjee, works as a housekeeper for an affluent white family, his strong-willed grand...
Mule Bone: A Comedy of Negro Life is a 1930 play by American authors Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston. The process of writing the play led Hughes and Hurston, who had been close friends, to sever their relationship. Mule Bone was not staged until 1991, when it was produced in New York City by the Lincoln Center Theater.
The play begins in Eatonville, Florida, on a Saturday afternoon with Jim and Dave fighting for Daisy's affection. Th...
In this illustrated adaptation of a beloved Langston Hughes poem, a child delights as the world around him awakens from winter and comes to life with the long-awaited arrival of spring and new beginnings of all kinds.
A leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes was the first to use his poetry to reflect the real daily lives of average Black people. This collection celebrates Black pride and contains messages of hope and optimism from the 1920s.
Sweet Blues! / Coming from a Black man's soul. / Oh Blues! / In a deep song voice and melancholy tone." Featuring over five dozen poems that meld lyric to narrative, The Weary Blues is the award-winning introduction to jazz poetry and one of the leading voices of the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes.
A chronological collection of interviews with, and speeches by, the writer Langston Hughes (1902-1967) who emerged during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and, over the course of a career that spanned nearly fifty years, gained international attention and acclaim in almost every genre of writing.
“Sweet Blues! / Coming from a Black man’s soul. / Oh Blues! / In a deep song voice and melancholy tone.” Featuring over five dozen poems that meld lyric to narrative, The Weary Blues is the award-winning introduction to jazz poetry and one of the leading voices of the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes.
The Weary Blues" is the powerful and ground-breaking collection of poetry by American author Langston Hughes. An important contribution to the growing Harlem Renaissance art movement, "The Weary Blues" was Hughes' first poetry collection and was published in 1926 when the author was only 24, though some of the poems had appeared earlier in magazines. An immediate critical success, Hughes created a new form of poetry, called jazz or blues poetr...
2022 Reprint of the 1926 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. With an introduction by Carl Van Vechten. The Weary Blues is Langston Hughes's first published collection of poems, immediately celebrated as a tour de force upon its release. First published in 1926, the collection of poetry remains a critically acclaimed literary work and still evokes a fresh, contemporary feeling an...
