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Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967)
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Collected Poems of Langston Hughes (Vintage Classics) by
Langston Hughes, Arnold Rampersad (Editor), David Roessel
(Editor), da RoesselThis generous volume
is a genuine literary milestone, the first comprehensive
collection of the verse of a writer who has been called both the
poet laureate of African America and our greatest popular poet
since Walt Whitman. The book contains 860 poems, including all the
verse that Hughes published during his lifetime, and nearly 300
that have never before appeared in book form.
 The
Dream Keeper and Other Poems by
Langston Hughes, Brian Pinkney (Illustrator), J. bria
Pinkney
A lavishly bound new edition
celebrates the colloquial and complex works of one of this
country's most important African-American authors and demonstrates
to young people that poetry is about them. "The
Dream Keeper and Other Poems is essential for anybody trying to
share the beauty of Langston Hughes with children. The poems in
this collection rank among Hughes' finest. Pinkney's illustrations
compliment the imagery of the poetry wonderfully. Children and
adults will become true Langston Hughes fans after reading this
introductory book." -- Anonymous Review (Amazon.com)
About the
Author Langston
Hughes 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 "The Negro Speaks of
Rivers," which appeared in Crisis in 1921. In 1925, he was
awarded the First Prize for Poetry of the magazine Opportunity,
the winning poem being "The Weary Blues," which gave its
title to his first book of poems, published in 1926. As 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). From 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 The Langston
Hughes Reader.
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From redhotjazz.com
Excerpt:
Born in Joplin, Missouri, James Langston Hughes
was born into an abolitionist family. He was the grandson of
grandson of Charles Henry Langston, the brother of John Mercer
Langston, who was the the first Black American to be elected to
public office in 1855. Hughes attended Central High School in
Cleveland, Ohio, but began writing poetry in the eighth grade, and
was selected as Class Poet. His father didn't think he would be
able to make a living as at writing, and encouraged him to pursue
a more practical career. His father paid his tuition to Columbia
University on the grounds he study engineering. After a short
time, Langston dropped out of the program with a B+ average, all
the while he continued writing poetry...
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This biographical summary is excerpted from The
Heath Anthology of American Literature, Volume 2 (Lexington,
MA: D.C. Heath, 1990), pages 1487-1488.
Excerpt:
Langston Hughes was one of the most original and
versatile of twentieth-century black writers. Born in Joplin,
Missouri, to James Nathaniel and Carrie Mercer Langston Hug[h]es,
he was reared for a time by his grandmother in Lawrence, Kansas
after his parents' divorce. Influenced by the poetry of Paul
Laurence Dunbar and Carl Sandburg, he began writing creatively
while still a boy. After his graduation from high school in
Cleveland he spent fifteen months in Mexico with his father; upon
his return to the United States in 1921, Hughes spent a year at
Columbia University. Disillusioned with formal education, in 1923
he joined the crew of the SS Malone bound for Africa, where
the ship visited thirty-odd ports. Before returning to New York,
Hughes lived in Paris, Venice, and Genoa...
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From The
Queens Borough Public Library
Excerpt:
In 1969, the Langston Hughes Community Library
and Cultural Center (Queens Borough Public Library) opened. The
first public institution named after the Poet Laureate, it houses
the largest circulating Black Heritage reading collection in New
York City. Included in this collection are volumes of his
published works, theses and dissertations of critical and literary
analyses of the works of Hughes and other Black literary authors.
The Adele Cohen Music Collection features the Langston Hughes
Music Collection, featuring the musical settings of Hughes. In
1990, the library's block of Northern Boulevard was renamed,
"Langston Hughes Walk" by the New York City Council...
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Director: Isaac Julien
This pensive yet celebratory meditation on black
poet Langston Hughes is an original work of cinematic art. Stylish
and sexy, the film incorporates the lyrical poetry of Essex
Hemphill and Bruce Nugent with archival footage of the Harlem
Renaissance of the 1920s. Re-enacted Cotton Club scenes, romantic
shots of two intertwined lovers, Robert Mapplethorpe's photographs
of beautiful black men and the pounding disco beat of "Can
You Feel It" are also used in telling the story of black
consciousness in a culturally evolving America.
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The Langston Hughes Cultural Arts Center located
in Seattle, Washington, in the United States of America, is
dedicated to the legacy of author-poet-playwright Langston Hughes.
The Center offers a broad spectrum of
community-based cultural arts programming to the public which
includes a full season of theatrical performances, a full
selection of reasonably priced, late afternoon and evening classes
to youth and adults, and an eclectic "mix" of special
projects and new initiatives including working with film, video,
and new media...
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Compiled and Prepared by Cary Nelson
This site hosts short essays on the life and
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