Langston Hughes Libri

The Sweet Flypaper of Life is a 'poem' about ordinary people, about teenagers around a jukebox, about children at an open fire hydrant, about riding the subway alone at night, about picket lines and artist work spaces. This collaboration between artist Roy DeCarava and writer Langston Hughes honors in words and pictures what the authors saw, knew, and felt deeply about life in their city. Hughes's description of Harlem in the late 1940s and early 1950s is seen through the eyes of one grandmother, Sister Mary Bradley. We experience the sights and sounds of Harlem, expressed here through Hughes's prose. In 1952 DeCarava became the first African American photographer to win a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship. The one-year grant enabled DeCarava to focus full time on the photography he had been creating since the mid-1940s and to complete a project that would eventually result in The Sweet Flypaper of Life. DeCarava compiled a set of images from which Hughes chose 141 and adeptly supplied a fictive narration, reflecting on life in that city-within-a-city. This fourth printing, the Heritage Edition, is the first authorized English-language edition since 1983 and includes an afterword by Sherry Turner DeCarava tracing the history of this book

Immediately celebrated as a tour de force upon its release, Langston Hughes's first published collection of poems still offers a powerful reflection of the Black experience. From "The Weary Blues" to "Dream Variation," Hughes writes clearly and colorfully, and his words remain prophetic.

Celebrate 100 years of Langston Hughes's powerful poetry. A Coretta Scott King Honor Award recipient, Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes includes 26 of the poet's most influential pieces, including: "Mother to Son"; "My People"; "Words Like Freedom"; "I, Too"; and "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"--Hughes's first published piece, which was originally released in June 1921. This collection is curated and annotated by Arnold Rampersad and David Roessel, two leading poetry experts. It also features gallery-quality art by Benny Andrews and a new foreword by Renée Watson, a Newbery Honor Award recipient and founder of the I, Too Arts Collective.

A collection of vibrant and incisive short stories depicting the sometimes humorous, but more often tragic interactions between Black people and white people in America in the 1920s and ‘30s.One of the most important writers to emerge from the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes may be best known as a poet, but these stories showcase his talent as a lively storyteller. His work blends elements of blues and jazz, speech and song, into a triumphant and wholly original idiom.Stories included in this collection:"Cora Unashamed""Slave on the Block""Home""Passing""A Good Job Gone""Rejuvenation Through Joy""The Blues I'm Playing""Red-Headed Baby""Poor Little Black Fellow""Little Dog""Berry""Mother and Child""One Christmas Eve""Father and Son"

The collection revives Langston Hughes's iconic character, featuring a blend of poetry and prose that captures the essence of the Harlem Renaissance. It explores themes of identity, resilience, and the African American experience through vivid storytelling and lyrical expression. Readers will find a rich tapestry of emotions and cultural reflections that celebrate the character's enduring legacy and relevance in contemporary society. This work invites both new and longtime fans to engage with Hughes's timeless insights.

“Dream Variation,” one of Langston Hughes's most celebrated poems, about the dream of a world free of discrimination and racial prejudice, is now a picture book stunningly illustrated by Daniel Miyares, the acclaimed creator of Float. To fling my arms wide In some place of the sun, To whirl and to dance Till the white day is done…. Langston Hughes's inspiring and timeless message of pride, joy, and the dream of a better life is brilliantly and beautifully interpreted in Daniel Miyares's gorgeous artwork. Follow one African-American boy through the course of his day as the harsh reality of segregation and racial prejudice comes into vivid focus. But the boy dreams of a different life—one full of freedom, hope, and wild possibility, where he can fling his arms wide in the face of the sun. Hughes's powerful vision, brought joyously to life by Daniel Miyares, is as relevant—and necessary—today as when it was first written.

The Short Stories of Langston Hughes This collection of forty-seven stories written between 1919 and 1963--the most comprehensive available--showcases Langston Hughes's literary blossoming and the development of his personal and artistic concerns. Many of the stories assembled here have long been out of print, and others never before collected. These poignant, witty, angry, and deeply poetic stories demonstrate Hughes's uncanny gift for elucidating the most vexing questions of American race relations and human nature in general.

Spanning five decades and comprising 868 poems (nearly 300 of which have never before appeared in book form), this magnificent volume is the definitive sampling of a writer who has been called the poet laureate of African America--and perhaps our greatest popular poet since Walt Whitman.  Here, 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 and annotated by Arnold Rampersad and David Roessel.Alongside such famous works as "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" and Montage of a Dream Deferred, The Collected Poems includes the author's lesser-known verse for children; topical poems distributed through the Associated Negro Press; and poems such as "Goodbye Christ" that were once suppressed.  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.

Focusing on the everyday experiences of average Black individuals, this poetry collection by a prominent Harlem Renaissance figure highlights themes of Black pride, hope, and optimism from the 1920s. Langston Hughes's work captures the essence of the era, celebrating the resilience and spirit of the community.

Langston Hughes, one of America's greatest writers, was an innovator of jazz poetry and a leader of the Harlem Renaissance whose poems and plays resonate widely today. This indispensable volume of letters between Hughes and four leftist confidants sheds light on his life and politics.

Langston 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.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." 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."The 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.

VINTAGE CLASSICS' HARLEM RENAISSANCE SERIES Celebrating the finest works of the Harlem Renaissance, one of the most important Black arts movements in modern history. 'White peoples maybe mistreats you an' hates you, but when you hates 'em back, you's de one what's hurted, 'cause hate makes yo' heart ugly - that's all it does' Sandy's in the fifth grade when he's forced to sit on the back row away from his white classmates and denied entry to a new amusement park. His grandmother, who is raising him alongside his mother and aunt, tells him that love is the only thing to make room for in his heart. But it's Sandy's discovery of literature that inspires him to continue his education and make sense of the unjust world he inhabits in the debut novel from one of the foremost pioneers of the Harlem Renaissance. '[Hughes] gives his readers... a guide for careful consideration of the lives of everyday black people. Such a guide is still useful to readers and writers today. Perhaps now more than ever' Angela Flournoy, New York Times

A collection of diverse poetry, reflecting the history, traditions, and emotions of Africans, selected by the noted black poet

"A useful, simplified introduction to the history of jazz and its techniques, with capsule profiles of musicians such as Louis Armstrong and Bix Beiderbecke, all by one of the brightest lights of the Harlem Renaissance and African-American letters". PUBLISHERS WEEKLY. Illustrated throughout by Cliff Roberts' stylized bebop drawings.

Built around the assessment objectives for AS and A2 level English, offering explanations, examples, exercises, summaries, a glossary of key terms and suggested answers.

Gather Up Yo' Fine Clothes is Langston Hughes' second book of poetry. Its launch caused controversy, not only because of its original title, Fine Clothes to the Jew, but also because of its portrayal of Black people. The collection draws on the cadence of the blues to highlight the joys and sorrows of common Black folk. Fine Clothes' reception from the Black community highlighted opposing beliefs about representation and respectability politics -a debate that continues to this day. This reprint, the first standalone reprint since the book's original publication, is prefaced by two of Hughes' essays responding to the critiques of his work, "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain" and "These Bad New Negroes: A Critique on Critics." This additional context lays the foundation for you to engage with this poetic work, to have meaningful conversations, and to form opinions of your own.

Langston Hughes' sophomore poetry collection delves into the somber themes of the blues, contrasting with the celebratory tones of jazz found in his earlier works. Through this volume, he explores the complexities of African American life during a time when "the Negro was in vogue," offering a more nuanced and darker perspective on societal experiences. This collection is regarded by many as his greatest, showcasing his evolution as a poet and his ability to capture the emotional depth of his community.

Discover the power and joy of poetry in this simple, modern introduction to Langston Hughes, featuring an ode to spring and long-awaited new beginnings In this illustrated adaptation of a beloved Langston Hughes poem, a child delights as the world around him awakens from winter and comes to life with the long-awaited arrival of spring and new beginnings of all kinds.

This stunning collection of 28 stories brings readers a literary portrait of the American family from 1894 to today. A collection of works that captures the essence of American families from living together and apart to loving and letting go.Regret / Kate Chopin --The lombardy poplar / Mary Wilkins Freeman --The widow's might / Charlotte Perkins Gilman --Old Rogaum and his Theresa / Theodore Dreiser --The sorrows of gin / John Cheever --I stand here ironing / Tillie Olsen --Simple and Counsin F.D. Roosevelt Brown / Langston Hughes --The sky is gray / Ernest J. Gaines --My Coney Island uncle / Harvey Swados --My son the murderer / Bernard Malamud --Final dwarf / Henry Roth --And Sarah laughed / Joanne Greenberg --Wedding day / Roberta Silman --The legacy of Beau Kremel / Stephen Wolf --Kiswana Brown / Gloria Naylor --Tuesdays / Mary Hedin --Afloat / Ann Beattie --Winterblossom garden / David Low --Old things / Bobbie Ann Mason --Starlight / Marian Thurm --The writer in the family / E.L. Doctorow --The rich brother / Tobias Wolff --My legacy / Don Zacharia --Violation / Mary Gordon --Appropriate affect / Sue Miller --What I did for love / Lynne Sharon Schwartz --Still of some use / John Updike --Elephant / Raymond Carver

This beloved poem by Langston Hughes,illustrated by the award-winning Sean Qualls, is an irresistible celebration of thelove between mother and baby, now available in board book format.

The play explores the complexities of African American life through humor and conflict, showcasing the cultural richness of the community. Its creation marked a pivotal moment in the friendship between Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, ultimately leading to their estrangement. Despite being written in 1930, it remained unproduced until 1991, when it was finally staged by the Lincoln Center Theater in New York City, highlighting its delayed recognition and significance in American theater.

"Great stories and poems from America's earliest Black writers"--Cover.

Switched at birth by a young slave woman attempting to protect her son from the horrors of slavery, a light-skinned infant changes places with the master's white son. This simple premise is the basis of Pudd'nhead Wilson, a compelling drama that contains all the elements of a classic 19th-century mystery: reversed identities, a ghastly crime, an eccentric detective, and a tense courtroom scene. First published in 1894, Twain's novel bristles with suspense. David "Pudd’nhead" Wilson, a wise but unorthodox lawyer who collects fingerprints as a hobby, wins back the respect of his townspeople when he solves a local murder in which two foreigners are falsely accused. Witty and absorbing, this novel features a literary first — the use of fingerprinting to solve a crime. This gem was Twain's last novel about the antebellum South; and despite its frequent injections of humor, it offers a fierce condemnation of racial prejudice and a society that condoned slavery.

Set in the context of African American life, this three-act comedy explores themes of community and cultural identity through humor. The narrative captures the essence of its characters and their interactions, reflecting the social dynamics of the time. Alpha Editions has taken care to preserve this classic by reformatting and retyping it, ensuring clarity and readability for contemporary readers. This effort highlights the work's enduring significance in literature and cultural history.

Výber z celoživotného básnického diela Langstona Hughesa.

Když Langston Hughes vydal v roce 1926 svou první sbírku veršů Unavené blues, byl označen za prvního jazzového básníka. Když roku 1961 vyšla jeho sbírka Zeptej se maminky (Ask Your Mama), nesla podtitul „12 nálad pro jazz“ a k recitaci jejích veršů byl přímo po stranách textu předepsán jazzový doprovod. Jazzová forma Hughesových veršů souvisí těsně s jeho myšlenkami. V jeho díle se vždycky projevuje vřelý zájem o život těch, o nichž v básni Na vysvětlenou naší doby říká: „Lidé bez titulů před jménem / po celém světě / se zvedají a začínají odmlouvat lidem, kterým se říká pane.“ Je to zájem o nejprostší lidské starosti a radosti, ale i aktivní zájem o základní děje epochy...

Výbor podává průřez poesií předního básníka současné Ameriky (nar. r. 1902) - od jeho rané lyriky, vyjadřující smutek a zoufalství nad těžkým postavením černochů v USA, až po revoluční verše, v nichž „pěvec utrpení a živelnosti černého lidu“ vyslovil svůj vášnivý protest proti rasové diskriminaci i touhu po vybudování nové Ameriky, kde člověk nebude drcen člověkem a kde všem se dostane opravdové svobody. Z originálů The Weary Blues, Fine Clothes to the Jew, The Dream Keeper and Other Poems, A New Song, Shakespeare in Harlem, Jim Crow's Last Stand, Fields of Wonder, One-Way Ticket, Montage of a Dream Deferred.

Soubor dvanácti povídek a črt. Tématem příběhů je zachycení rasových předsudků a nadřazenosti bílých proti černošskému obyvatelstvu USA (povídky Černý otrok, To jsou moje blues, Chudák černoch, Matka a dítě, Dítě s rudými vlásky); obraz ponižujícího postavení černochů, kteří jsou připouštěni jen k nejméně kvalifikovaným pracím (Pejsek, Berry, Jednou o Štědrém večeru, Nestydatá Cora), ukazuje jak rasové předsudky vedou slabé povahy až k zapírání svého černošského původu (Setkání): a jak se rasová předpojatost stupňuje až v teror proti černošskému obyvatelstvu (Doma, Otec a syn).

Příběh o životě dětí v rodině na Haiti, která tehdy byla chudá jako dnes, ale více plná naděje a hrdosti na černošský stát. Napsali dva černošští básníci, kteří na Haiti působili jako učitelé.

Dobová anotace: L. Hughes je jedním z největších básníků amerických a jedním z největších básníků černošských. Českému čtenáři není autorem neznámým. V době mezi dvěma válkami byly u nás často překládány jeho básně o těžkém a smutném postavení černochů v USA, básně, připomínající černošskou hudbu a tanec. Jako charakterní básník nemohl zůstat H. pouhým jazzovým zpěvákem v poesii; poznání SSSR a neustávající pronásledování jeho černých bratří v USA učinily z něho vášnivého bojovníka za svobodu jeho lidu i básníka revoluce. Přítomný výběr přináší ukázky z celé jeho tvorby, nejen tedy nostalgické básně z dob jeho mládí, ale i ukázky jeho mužné poesie bojovné, v níž strhává pozlátko t. zv. americké svobody a ukazuje ji v pravé její podobě a v níž volá po nové Americe, kde člověk opravdu nebude drcen člověkem, ale kde každý bude svoboden.