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Selected Poems of Langston Hughes

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With the publication of his first book of poems, The Weary Blues, in 1926, Langston Hughes electrified readers and launched a renaissance in black writing in America. The 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." The... More
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PublisherVintage Books
BindingPaperback (20 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages320
ISBN-10067972818X
ISBN-13978-0679728184
Publication Date09/12/1990
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About Langston Hughes (Author) : Langston Hughes is a published author of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Langston Hughes include The Dream Keeper and Other Poems, Junior Great Books (Series 4... more
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8/31/2007 Amy Moreno tagged as: poetry, literature, langston hughes, fiction

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