{"product_id":"the-collected-poems-of-langston-hughes-isbn-9780679764083","title":"The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe definitive sampling of a writer whose poems were “at the forefront of the Harlem Renaissance and of modernism itself, and today are fundamentals of American culture” (\u003ci\u003eOPRAH Magazine).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eHere, for the first time, are all the poems that Langston Hughes published during his lifetime, arranged in the general order in which he wrote them. Lyrical and pungent, passionate and polemical, the result is a treasure of a book, the essential collection of a poet whose words have entered our common language.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe collection spans five decades, and is comprised of 868 poems (nearly 300 of which never before appeared in book form) with annotations by Arnold Rampersad and David Roessel.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eAlongside such famous works as \"The Negro Speaks of Rivers\" and Montage of a Dream Deferred, \u003ci\u003eThe Collected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e includes Hughes's lesser-known verse for children; topical poems distributed through the Associated Negro Press; and poems such as \"Goodbye Christ\" that were once suppressed.“Langston Hughes is a titanic figure in 20th-century American literature . . . a powerful interpreter of the American experience.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The ultimate book for both the dabbler and serious scholar. [Hughes] is sumptuous and sharp, playful and sparse, grounded in an earthy music. This book is a glorious revelation.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“[Hughes’s] poetry has a pulse, a beauty and familiar kindness. . . . Much of it delights, even dazzles. His best work sticks with you—forever.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Cleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\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.\u003cb\u003eJuke Box Love Song\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI could take the Harlem night\u003cbr\u003e and wrap around you,\u003cbr\u003e Take the neon lights and make a crown,\u003cbr\u003e Take the Lenox Avenue busses,\u003cbr\u003e Taxis, subways,\u003cbr\u003e And for your love song tone their rumble down.\u003cbr\u003e Take Harlem's heartbeat,\u003cbr\u003e Make a drumbeat,\u003cbr\u003e Put it on a record, let it whirl,\u003cbr\u003e And while we listen to it play,\u003cbr\u003e Dance with you till day—\u003cbr\u003e Dance with you, my sweet brown Harlem girl.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304293781733,"sku":"NP9780679764083","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780679764083.jpg?v=1767738733","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-collected-poems-of-langston-hughes-isbn-9780679764083","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}