{"product_id":"the-collected-poems-of-langston-langston-hughes-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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Langston Hughes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0679764089\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679764083\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/31\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.17h x 6.16w x 1.85d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/28\/1996 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/21\/2005 pg. 20","brand":"Langston Hughes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44053298839807,"sku":"9780679764083","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4e943ba8-5ff2-490a-a97a-6a2d03a02de6.jpg?v=1685023571","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-collected-poems-of-langston-langston-hughes-9780679764083","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}