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Author:

Shull, Jodie A.

Title:

Langston Hughes : "life makes poems" / Jodie A. Shull.

Publisher:

Enslow Publishers,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

128 p. : ill. (some col.) : 25 cm.

Subject:

Hughes, Langston,--1902-1967.--Juvenile literature.
Poets, American--20th century.--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African American poets--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 118-125) and index.

Contents:

Discovery of a busboy poet -- A lonely boyhood -- A poet's education -- The dream city -- Vagabond poet -- A writer's living -- Not without laughter -- Across America and around the world -- The big sea -- Home to Harlem -- My world will not end.

Summary:

The poetry of Langston Hughes pulses with the rhythms of jazz and blues, and the language of the streets. In describing the everyday lives of African Americans, he became the leading African-American poet of the world. Jodie A. Shull s insightful and highly readable new biography sheds light on one of the most important figures of the Harlem Renaissance and introduces another generation to his extraordinary outpouring of poetry, short stories, novels, plays, and other work.

Series:

African-American biography library

ISBN:

9780766024687
0766024687

OCLC:

(OCoLC)61131817

LCCN:

2005020811

Locations:

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)