{"product_id":"hughes-poems-isbn-9780375405518","title":"Hughes: Poems","description":"From the publication of his first book in 1926, Langston Hughes was hailed as the poet laureate of black America, the first to commemorate the experience of African Americans in a voice that no reader, black or white, could fail to hear. Lyrical and pungent, passionate and polemical, this volume is a treasure-an essential collection of the work of a poet whose words have entered our common language.POEMS OF FIVE DECADES\u003cbr\u003eThe Negro Speaks of Rivers \u003cbr\u003eAunt Sue’s Stories \u003cbr\u003eNegro \u003cbr\u003eDanse Africaine \u003cbr\u003eSong for a Banjo Dance\u003cbr\u003eMother to Son \u003cbr\u003eWhen Sue Wears Red \u003cbr\u003eJazzonia \u003cbr\u003ePrayer Meeting \u003cbr\u003eMy People \u003cbr\u003eMigration \u003cbr\u003eLament for Dark Peoples \u003cbr\u003eYouth \u003cbr\u003eDream Variations \u003cbr\u003eJohannesburg Mines \u003cbr\u003eNegro Dancers \u003cbr\u003eI, Too \u003cbr\u003eThe Weary Blues \u003cbr\u003eTo Midnight Nan at Leroy’s \u003cbr\u003eSoledad \u003cbr\u003eCross\u003cbr\u003eSummer Night \u003cbr\u003eJazz Band in a Parisian Cabaret \u003cbr\u003eMidwinter Blues\u003cbr\u003eMa Man \u003cbr\u003eLament over Love \u003cbr\u003eHomesick Blues \u003cbr\u003eRuby Brown \u003cbr\u003eElevator Boy\u003cbr\u003eBound No’th Blues \u003cbr\u003eFeet o’ Jesus \u003cbr\u003eBeale Street Love \u003cbr\u003eA House in Taos \u003cbr\u003eRailroad Avenue\u003cbr\u003eSaturday Night \u003cbr\u003eMidnight Dancer \u003cbr\u003eBlues Fantasy \u003cbr\u003eLenox Avenue: Midnight \u003cbr\u003eSpirituals\u003cbr\u003eFire \u003cbr\u003eMoan\u003cbr\u003eAngels Wings \u003cbr\u003eBaby \u003cbr\u003eRed Silk Stockings \u003cbr\u003eYoung Gal’s Blues \u003cbr\u003eMagnolia Flowers \u003cbr\u003eHurt \u003cbr\u003eAesthete in Harlem \u003cbr\u003eAfro-American Fragment \u003cbr\u003eBlack Seed \u003cbr\u003eTo Certain Negro Leaders \u003cbr\u003eOctober 16: The Raid \u003cbr\u003eAdvertisement for the Waldorf-Astoria \u003cbr\u003eFlorida Road Workers \u003cbr\u003eAlways the Same \u003cbr\u003eLetter to the Academy \u003cbr\u003ePersonal \u003cbr\u003eCubes \u003cbr\u003eMadrid \u003cbr\u003eLet America Be America Again \u003cbr\u003eGenius Child\u003cbr\u003ePoet to Patron \u003cbr\u003eVisitors to the Black Belt \u003cbr\u003eNote on Commercial Theatre \u003cbr\u003eSeven Moments of Love \u003cbr\u003eDaybreak in Alabama \u003cbr\u003eEvenin’ Air Blues \u003cbr\u003eSunset in Dixie \u003cbr\u003eMe and the Mule \u003cbr\u003eMerry-Go-Round \u003cbr\u003eKu Klux \u003cbr\u003eReverie on the Harlem River \u003cbr\u003eWords Like Freedom \u003cbr\u003eRed Cross \u003cbr\u003eSilhouette \u003cbr\u003eStill Here \u003cbr\u003eMoonlight in Valencia: Civil War \u003cbr\u003eMadam’s Past History \u003cbr\u003eMadam’s Calling Cards \u003cbr\u003eMadam and Her Might-Have-Been \u003cbr\u003eMadam and the Phone Bill \u003cbr\u003eMadam and the Fortune Teller\u003cbr\u003eHeart\u003cbr\u003eGraduation \u003cbr\u003eFreedom Train \u003cbr\u003eTrumpet Player \u003cbr\u003eLife Is Fine \u003cbr\u003eHarlem [1] \u003cbr\u003eMama and Daughter \u003cbr\u003eThird Degree \u003cbr\u003eInterne at Provident \u003cbr\u003eAmerican Heartbreak \u003cbr\u003eEnvoy to Africa \u003cbr\u003eOld Walt\u003cbr\u003eIn Explanation of Our Times \u003cbr\u003eMemo to Non-White Peoples \u003cbr\u003eJim Crow Car \u003cbr\u003eGo Slow \u003cbr\u003eJunior Addict \u003cbr\u003eFinal Call \u003cbr\u003eLong View: Negro \u003cbr\u003eBirmingham Sunday \u003cbr\u003eSweet Words on Race \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMONTAGE OF A DREAM DEFERRED\u003cbr\u003eDream Boogie \u003cbr\u003eParade \u003cbr\u003eChildren’s Rhymes \u003cbr\u003eSister\u003cbr\u003ePreference \u003cbr\u003eNecessity\u003cbr\u003eQuestion \u003cbr\u003eBuddy \u003cbr\u003eJuke Box Love Song\u003cbr\u003eUltimatum \u003cbr\u003eWarning \u003cbr\u003eCroon \u003cbr\u003eNew Yorkers\u003cbr\u003eWonder \u003cbr\u003eEasy Boogie \u003cbr\u003eMovies \u003cbr\u003eTell Me \u003cbr\u003eNot a Movie\u003cbr\u003eNeon Signs \u003cbr\u003eNumbers\u003cbr\u003eWhat? So Soon! \u003cbr\u003eMotto \u003cbr\u003eDead in There \u003cbr\u003eSituation \u003cbr\u003eDancer \u003cbr\u003eAdvice \u003cbr\u003eGreen Memory \u003cbr\u003eWine-O \u003cbr\u003eRelief\u003cbr\u003eBallad of the Landlord \u003cbr\u003eCorner Meeting \u003cbr\u003eProjection \u003cbr\u003eFlatted Fifths \u003cbr\u003eTomorrow \u003cbr\u003eMellow \u003cbr\u003eLive and Let Live \u003cbr\u003eGauge \u003cbr\u003eBar \u003cbr\u003eCafe´: 3 a.m. \u003cbr\u003eDrunkard \u003cbr\u003eStreet Song \u003cbr\u003e125th Street \u003cbr\u003eDive \u003cbr\u003eWarning: Augmented \u003cbr\u003eUp-Beat \u003cbr\u003eJam Session \u003cbr\u003eBe-Bop Boys\u003cbr\u003eTag \u003cbr\u003eTheme for English B \u003cbr\u003eCollege Formal: Renaissance Casino \u003cbr\u003eLow to High\u003cbr\u003eBoogie: 1 a.m. \u003cbr\u003eHigh to Low\u003cbr\u003eLady’s Boogie \u003cbr\u003eSo Long \u003cbr\u003eDeferred \u003cbr\u003eRequest \u003cbr\u003eShame on You \u003cbr\u003eWorld War II \u003cbr\u003eMystery \u003cbr\u003eSliver of Sermon\u003cbr\u003eTestimonial \u003cbr\u003ePassing \u003cbr\u003eNightmare Boogie \u003cbr\u003eSunday by the Combination \u003cbr\u003eCasualty \u003cbr\u003eNight Funeral in Harlem \u003cbr\u003eBlues at Dawn \u003cbr\u003eDime\u003cbr\u003eArgument \u003cbr\u003eNeighbor\u003cbr\u003eEvening Song \u003cbr\u003eChord \u003cbr\u003eFact \u003cbr\u003eJoe Louis\u003cbr\u003eSubway Rush Hour \u003cbr\u003eBrothers \u003cbr\u003eLikewise \u003cbr\u003eSliver\u003cbr\u003eHope \u003cbr\u003eDream Boogie: Variation \u003cbr\u003eHarlem [2] \u003cbr\u003eGood Morning \u003cbr\u003eSame in Blues \u003cbr\u003eComment on Curb \u003cbr\u003eLetter \u003cbr\u003eIsland \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex of First Lines\u003c\/i\u003e“Langston Hughes is a titanic figure in 20th-century American literature . . . a powerful interpreter of the American experience.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLangston Hughes\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Joplin, Missouri, in 1902. After graduation from high  school, he spent a year in Mexico with his father, then a year studying at Columbia  University. His first poem in a nationally known magazine was \u003ci\u003e\"The Negro Speaks of  Rivers,\"\u003c\/i\u003e which appeared in Crisis in 1921. In 1925, he was awarded the First Prize  for Poetry of the magazine \u003ci\u003eOpportunity\u003c\/i\u003e, the winning poem being \u003ci\u003e\"The Weary Blues,\"\u003c\/i\u003e which gave its title to his first book of poems, published in 1926. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a result of  his poetry, Mr. Hughes received a scholarship at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania,  where he won his B.A. in 1929. In 1943, he was awarded an honorary Litt.D. by his  alma mater; he has also been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship (1935), a Rosenwald  Fellowship (1940), and an American Academy of Arts and Letters Grant (1947). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom  1926 until his death in 1967, Langston Hughes devoted his time to writing and lecturing.  He wrote poetry, short stories, autobiography, song lyrics, essays, humor, and plays.  A cross section of his work was published in 1958 as \u003ci\u003eThe Langston Hughes Reader\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Everyman's Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302090821861,"sku":"NP9780375405518","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780375405518.jpg?v=1767729513","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/hughes-poems-isbn-9780375405518","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}