{"product_id":"selected-poems-of-langston-hughes-langston-hughes-9780679728184","title":"Selected Poems of Langston Hughes: A Classic Collection of Poems by a Master of American Verse","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eLangston Hughes electrified readers and launched a renaissance in Black writing in America--the poems in this collection were chosen by Hughes himself shortly before his death and represent stunning work from his entire career.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThe poems Hughes wrote celebrated the experience of invisible men and women: of slaves who \"rushed the boots of Washington\"; of musicians on Lenox Avenue; of the poor and the lovesick; of losers in \"the raffle of night.\" They conveyed that experience in a voice that blended the spoken with the sung, that turned poetic lines into the phrases of jazz and blues, and that ripped through the curtain separating high from popular culture. They spanned the range from the lyric to the polemic, ringing out \"wonder and pain and terror--and the marrow of the bone of life.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe collection includes \"The Negro Speaks of Rivers,\" \"The Weary Blues,\" \"Still Here,\" \"Song for a Dark Girl,\" \"Montage of a Dream Deferred,\" and \"Refugee in America.\" It gives us a poet of extraordinary range, directness, and stylistic virtuosity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Langston Hughes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 067972818X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679728184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/12\/1990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/1992 pg. 991\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEssence\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2015 pg. 58","brand":"Langston Hughes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44055208722687,"sku":"9780679728184","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5fd27dcc-a04a-4424-b6ea-e3a0b1b601f7.jpg?v=1685034411","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/selected-poems-of-langston-hughes-langston-hughes-9780679728184","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}