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Blues in Stereo : The Early Works of Langston Hughes by Langston Hughes (2024, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherGrand Central Publishing
ISBN-101538768917
ISBN-139781538768914
eBay Product ID (ePID)8065005108
Product Key Features
Book TitleBlues in Stereo : the Early Works of Langston Hughes
Number of Pages144 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicAmerican / African American, African American / Historical
Publication Year2024
GenrePoetry, Fiction, Literary Collections
AuthorLangston Hughes
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight6.4 Oz
Item Length7.2 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2024-024422
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"Danez Smith, another of our great poets living in America today, is a perfect guide for us through this necessary and luminous collection of Langston Hughes' earliest work." -- Texas Public Radio, "This thoughtfully assembled and arranged volume honors a corner of a legendary poet's life that we, the readers, do not always get to honor after a poet is not with us in the earthly sense, and their legacy has outpaced their living. In Blues in Stereo , we get to witness a young poet, a poet figuring out the work and the self in tandem, clearly brimming with potential, turning corners as they arrived. This book is not only a gift for what it gives us of Hughes, but additionally, it is a gift to any poet working at any stage of their life and career, needing a reminder that there is more to reach for." -- Hanif Abdurraqib, MacArthur Fellow, National Book Award Finalist, author of There's Always This Year and Little Devil in America
Dewey Decimal811.52
SynopsisPublishers Weekly's Top Ten Fall 2024 Poetry Books From Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes, a stunning collection of early works written from 1921-1927 curated by award winning poet and National Book Award finalist, Danez Smith. Hanif Abdurraqib calls the collection of polished poems and raw, unfinished, works-in-progress, "a gift to any poet working at any stage of their life and career." Before Langston Hughes and his literary prowess became synonymous with American poetry, he was an eighteen-year-old on a train to Mexico City, seeking funds to pursue his passion. Beloved verses like "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," were written without formal training, often on the back of napkins and envelopes, and were inspired by the sights and sounds of Black working-class people he encountered in his early life. Blues in Stereo is a collection of select early works, all written before the age of twenty-five, in which we see Langston Hughes with fresh eyes. From the intimate pages of his handwritten journals, you will travel with Hughes outside of Harlem as he travels the world, celebrate love as a tool of liberation, and enjoy his musical verse poetry, including a play he cowrote with Duke Ellington with a full score. Blues in Stereo foreshadows a master poet that will go on to define literature for centuries to come. And by keeping his original, handwritten notations found in archival material, we get to witness a genius's earliest thought process in real time. National Book Award-nominated poet Danez Smith offers their insight and notes on themes, challenges, and obsessions contained in Hughes's early work.
LC Classification NumberPS3515.U274B68 2024
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