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Summary
Summary
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 was in 1932.
Author Notes
Langston Hughes, February 1, 1902 - May 22, 1967 Langston Hughes, one of the foremost black writers to emerge from the Harlem Renaissance, was born on February 1, 1902, in Joplin, Mo. Hughes briefly attended Columbia University before working numerous jobs including busboy, cook, and steward. While working as a busboy, he showed his poems to American poet Vachel Lindsay, who helped launch his career. He soon obtained a scholarship to Lincoln University and had several works published.
Hughes is noted for his depictions of the black experience. In addition to the black dialect, he incorporated the rhythms of jazz and the blues into his poetry. While many recognized his talent, many blacks disapproved of his unflattering portrayal of black life. His numerous published volumes include, "The Weary Blues," "Fine Clothes to the Jew," and "Montage of a Dream Deferred." Hughes earned several awards during his lifetime including: a Guggenheim fellowship, an American Academy of Arts and Letters Grant, and a Spingarn Medal from the NAACP.
Langston Hughes died of heart failure on May 22, 1967.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (3)
Publisher's Weekly Review
Originally published in 1932, this edition of Hughes's vibrant poems includes seven additional poems and is enhanced by dynamic scratchboard art. All ages. (Dec.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Horn Book Review
Pinkney brings a vigorous, contemporary look to the pictures that accompany each of Hughes's sixty-six poems, which, though written over a quarter century ago, have the same strength of meaning and power as if written for today's readers. The splendid combination of timeless words and timely illustrations includes seven selections that did not appear in earlier editions. From HORN BOOK 1994, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Booklist Review
Gr. 4-12. Hughes' classic poetry collection, originally published for young people in 1932, is reissued here in a handsome new edition. It includes seven additional poems, a fine introduction by Lee Bennett Hopkins, and a personal afterword by Augusta Baker. Black-and-white scratchboard illustrations in Pinkney's signature style express the emotion and beat of the poetry, the laughter that hides pain, the celebration and the struggle of the African American experience, and the music of the weary blues. The poems are as powerful today as they were 60 years ago, colloquial and direct yet mysterious and complex. The simplicity of these lines makes them accessible to middle-graders but doesn't detract from their appeal to older readers. As Hopkins says, "Poem: I loved my friend" has become an elegy for separation and loss. History and the most private feeling "mingle themselves softly" in the voices that "cross and recross" here. Demanding to be spoken aloud, the words sing for all of us. There's no better way to show kids that poetry is about them than to share this collection. (Reviewed Mar. 15, 1994)067984421XHazel Rochman
Table of Contents
Introduction | p. x |
The Dream Keeper | |
The Dream Keeper | p. 2 |
Winter Moon | p. 3 |
Dreams | p. 4 |
Winter Sweetness | p. 4 |
April Rain Song | p. 6 |
Joy | p. 7 |
After Many Springs | p. 8 |
Quiet Girl | p. 9 |
Fairies | p. 10 |
Autumn Thought | p. 11 |
Poem | p. 12 |
Sea Charm | |
Sea Charm | p. 14 |
Water-Front Streets | p. 15 |
Long Trip | p. 16 |
Death of an Old Seaman | p. 17 |
Seascape | p. 18 |
Sailor | p. 18 |
Irish Wake | p. 20 |
Beggar Boy | p. 21 |
Parisian Beggar Woman | p. 22 |
Mexican Market Woman | p. 23 |
Sea Calm | p. 24 |
Dressed Up | |
A Note on Blues | p. 26 |
Dressed Up | p. 27 |
Bound No'th Blues | p. 28 |
Song | p. 29 |
The Weary Blues | p. 30 |
Negro Dancers | p. 32 |
Song for a Banjo Dance | p. 34 |
Reasons Why | p. 35 |
Minstrel Man | p. 36 |
Po' Boy Blues | p. 37 |
When Sue Wears Red | p. 38 |
A Black Pierrot | p. 39 |
Wide River | p. 41 |
Passing Love | p. 42 |
Homesick Blues | p. 43 |
Night and Morn | p. 44 |
Feet o'Jesus | |
Feet o'Jesus | p. 46 |
Baby | p. 47 |
Ma Lord | p. 48 |
Judgment Day | p. 49 |
Lullaby | p. 50 |
Prayer | p. 52 |
Sinner | p. 53 |
Prayer Meeting | p. 54 |
Walkers with the Dawn | |
Walkers with the Dawn | p. 56 |
Dream Variation | p. 57 |
The Negro | p. 59 |
My People | p. 60 |
Sun Song | p. 61 |
The Negro Speaks of Rivers | p. 62 |
I, Too | p. 63 |
Mother to Son | p. 64 |
Youth | p. 65 |
Alabama Earth | p. 66 |
Lincoln Monument: Washington | p. 67 |
Aunt Sue's Stories | p. 68 |
As I Grew Older | p. 70 |
African Dance | p. 72 |
Additional Poems | |
Snail | p. 74 |
Stars | p. 75 |
Dream Dust | p. 76 |
Color | p. 76 |
Daybreak in Alabama | p. 77 |
Merry-Go-Round | p. 79 |
In Time of Silver Rain | p. 80 |
A Personal Note | p. 82 |