Langston Hughes & the Harlem Renaissance: Crash Course Literature 215

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  • The Best of Simple: Stories (American Century)

    • ASIN: 0374521336
    • ISBN: 0374521336
    • Manufacturer: Hill and Wang

    Langston Hughes's stories about Jesse B. Semple--first composed for a weekly column in the Chicago Defender and then collected in Simple Speaks His Mind, Simple Takes a Wife, and Simple Stakes a Claim--have been read and loved by hundreds of thousands of readers. In The Best of Simple, the author picked his favorites from these earlier volumes, sto... [Read More]

  • The Later Simple Stories (LH8) (The Collected Works of Langston Hughes)

    • ASIN: 0826214096
    • ISBN: 0826214096
    • Brand: Brand: University of Missouri
    • Manufacturer: University of Missouri

    In Volume 8 of The Collected Works of Langston Hughes, the genial Harlem everyman, Jesse B. Semple returns with his more cosmopolitan bar buddy, Ananias Boyd. Social climber Joyce Lane is now Mrs. Jesse B. Semple, and Simple has minimized his flirtatious contacts with other women. Despite these ongoing characters, the later Simple stories are very ... [Read More]

  • The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes (Vintage Classics)

    • ASIN: 0679764089
    • ISBN: 0679764089
    • Brand: Vintage
    • Manufacturer: Vintage

    "The ultimate book for both the dabbler and serious scholar--. [Hughes] is sumptuous and sharp, playful and sparse, grounded in an earthy music--. This book is a glorious revelation."--Boston GlobeSpanning five decades and comprising 868 poems (nearly 300 of which have never before appeared in book form), this magnificent volume is the definitive s... [Read More]

  • Hughes: Poems (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series)

    • ASIN: 0375405518
    • ISBN: 0375405518
    • Manufacturer: Everyman's Library

    From the publication of his first book in 1926, Langston Hughes was hailed as the poet laureate of black America, the first to commemorate the experience of African Americans in a voice that no reader, black or white, could fail to hear. Lyrical and pungent, passionate and polemical, this volume is a treasure-an essential collection of the work of ... [Read More]

  • The Ways of White Folks: Stories (Vintage Classics)

    • ASIN: B005HE8DQ2
    • Manufacturer: Vintage

  • The Early Simple Stories (Collected Works of Langston Hughes, Vol 7)

    • ASIN: 0826213707
    • ISBN: 0826213707
    • Brand: Brand: University of Missouri
    • Manufacturer: University of Missouri

    Jesse B. Semple first sprang to life in Langston Hughes's weekly Chicago Defender column in 1943. Almost immediately, the "Simple stories," as they were routinely called, had a large and ever-increasing audience. Simple soon became Harlem's Everyman—an ordinary black workingman, representative of the masses of black folks in the 1940s.Simple had ... [Read More]

  • The Short Stories of Langston Hughes

    • ASIN: 0809016036
    • ISBN: 0809016036
    • Manufacturer: Hill and Wang

  • Works for Children and Young Adults: Poetry, Fiction, and Other Writing (Collected Works of Langston Hughes, Volume 11)

    • ASIN: 0826214983
    • ISBN: 0826214983
    • Brand: Brand: University of Missouri
    • Manufacturer: University of Missouri

    Throughout his long career as a poet, fiction writer, and chronicler of the situation of blacks throughout the world, Langston Hughes also wrote books for children. Whether fiction, poetry, or nonfiction, these works are true literature into which he put much research, thought, creative energy, and love. His young readers then and now can sense tha... [Read More]

  • Selected Poems of Langston Hughes: A Classic Collection of Poems by a Master of American Verse (Vintage Classics)

    • ASIN: 067972818X
    • ISBN: 067972818X
    • Brand: Vintage
    • Manufacturer: Vintage

    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 loves... [Read More]

  • The Return of Simple

    • ASIN: B0051PWAAC
    • Manufacturer: Hill and Wang

  • The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1899-1967: The Classic Anthology

    • ASIN: 0316380318
    • ISBN: 0316380318
    • Manufacturer: Back Bay Books

    Collects short stories by African American writers such as James Baldwin, Zora Neale Hurston, Gwendolyn Brooks, Ralph Ellison, and Alice Walker

  • Vintage Hughes

    • ASIN: 1400034027
    • ISBN: 1400034027
    • Brand: Hughes, Langston
    • Manufacturer: Vintage

    Arguably the most important writer to emerge from the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and ‘30s, Langston Hughes was a great poet and a shrewd and lively storyteller. His work blends elements of blues and jazz, speech and song, into a triumphant and wholly original idiom. Vintage Hughes includes the poems “The Negro Speaks of Rivers,” “I, To... [Read More]

  • Great African American Men by Wishum Gregory, Obama King Malcolm X Marshall (20x24)

    • ASIN: B008NXJRLO
    • Brand: Wishum Gregory Art
    • Size: 20x24 inches
    • Manufacturer: Wishum Gregory Art

    A beautiful art print that celebrates the achievements of select African American female history makers and icons. This Black historical poster features Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Marcus Garvey, Frederick Douglass, George Washington Carver, The First Colored Senators and Representatives, Thurgood Marshall, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Henry Ossawa Tur... [Read More]

  • The Complete Poetry

    • ASIN: 0812997875
    • ISBN: 9780812997873
    • Brand: Random House
    • Manufacturer: Random House

    The beauty and spirit of Maya Angelou’s words live on in this complete collection of poetry.Throughout her illustrious career in letters, Maya Angelou gifted, healed, and inspired the world with her words. Now the beauty and spirit of those words live on in this new and complete collection of poetry that reflects and honors the writer’s remarka... [Read More]

  • 2002 LANGSTON HUGHES ~ AUTHOR ~ BLACK HERITAGE ~ ACTIVIST ~ BLACK HISTORY #3557 Plate Block of 4 x 34¢ US Postage Stamps

    • ASIN: B008GONURM
    • Brand: US POST OFFICE DEPT USPS

    This is a numbered plate block of 4 stamps as pictured (plate number may vary from stock picture) ~ On February 1 2002 in New York NY; the USPS issued the 25th addition to the Black Heritage Series, honoring poet and novelist Langston Hughes. Best-known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance, Hughes was particularly known for his insight, and c... [Read More]

  • The Dream Keeper and Other Poems

    • UPC: 884884003308
    • ASIN: 0679883479
    • ISBN: 9780679883470
    • Brand: Knopf Books for Young Readers
    • Manufacturer: Knopf Books for Young Readers

    Illus. in black-and-white. This classic collection of poetry is available in a handsome new gift edition that includes seven additional poems written after The Dream Keeper was first published. In a larger format, featuring Brian Pinkney's scratchboard art on every spread, Hughes's inspirational message to young people is as relevant today as it wa... [Read More]

  • The Town Butler got Hugh? - A Soft & Comfortable Women's V-Neck T-Shirt, Black, Small

    • ASIN: B07T9YW7X7
    • Brand: The Town Butler
    • Size: Small

    Our professionally printed v-neck t-shirt is a great way to make a statement while feeling nice and comfortable at the same time. This wonderful soft ringspun cotton tee features the pictured phrase printed bright and bold on the center chest of the t-shirt. If you have any questions about the t-shirt, please don't hesitate to ask.

  • Not Without Laughter (Penguin Classics)

    • ASIN: 0143131869
    • ISBN: 0143131869
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Classics

    Our greatest African American poet’s award-winning first novel, about a black boy’s coming-of-age in a largely white Kansas town When first published in 1930, Not Without Laughter established Langston Hughes as not only a brilliant poet and leading light of the Harlem Renaissance but also a gifted novelist. In telling the story of Sandy Rogers,... [Read More]

  • Everyday People: The Color of Life--a Short Story Anthology

    • ASIN: B075RQV3LB
    • Manufacturer: Atria Books

    “A delight and highly recommended.” —Booklist “Showcases the truth and fullness of people of color.” —Book Riot In the tradition of Best American Short Stories comes Everyday People: The Color of Life, a dazzling collection of contemporary short fiction.Everyday People is a thoughtfully curated anthology of short stories that presents... [Read More]

  • Young Gifted and Black: Meet 52 Black Heroes from Past and Present

    • ASIN: 1786031582
    • ISBN: 1786031582
    • Manufacturer: Wide Eyed Editions

    “...to be revisited again and again…The candy-colored pages and straightforward stories are hard to resist…” –The New York Times “...diverse collection of iconic figures…vibrantly illustrated…beautifully crafted volume…” –Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review“…exuberant…exquisitely designed…a launching point for more discover... [Read More]

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