Langston Hughes Best Works - April 2024

The Best of Simple: Stories (American Century)

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, stories that not only have proved popular but are now part of a great and growing literary tradition.Simple might be considered an Everyman for black Americans. Hughes himself wrote: "...these tales are about a great many people--although they are stori... [Read More]

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

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

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 different from the earlier Simple tales. The later stories evoke the historical and social context within which they were written, a politically dangerous time for the fictional adventures and fantasies of the main characters.The Later Simple Stories... [Read More]

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

The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes (Vintage Classics)

"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 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... [Read More]

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

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

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 a poet whose words have entered our common language.

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

The Ways of White Folks: Stories (Vintage Classics)

• ASIN: B005HE8DQ2
• ASIN: B005HE8DQ2
• Manufacturer: Vintage

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

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 migrated to Harlem, like many other blacks, seeking to escape the racism of the South, and he celebrated his new freedoms despite the economic struggles he still confronted. Simple's bar buddy and foil in the stories is the better-educated, more arti... [Read More]

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

The Short Stories of Langston Hughes

• ASIN: 0809016036
• 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)

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 that they are just as important as his adult audience, while adult readers can appreciate the skill of a great writer able to speak to readers of all ages. Beginning with four pieces Hughes published in The Brownies' Book, a magazine for black children ... [Read More]

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

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

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 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 ... [Read More]

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

The Return of Simple

• ASIN: B0051PWAAC
• ASIN: B0051PWAAC
• Manufacturer: Hill and Wang

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

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

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

Vintage Hughes

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, Too,” “The Weary Blues,” “America,” “Let America Be America Again,” “Dream Variations,” “Young Sailor,” “Afro-American Fragment,” “Scottsboro,” “The Negro Mother,” “Good Morning Revolution,” “I Dream a World,” ... [Read More]

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

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

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 Turner, Jesse Owens, Kellie Miller, W.E.B DuBois, Barack Obama, Jack Johnson, Paul Robeson, Langston Hughes, Booker T. Washington and W.C. Handy.

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

The Complete Poetry

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 remarkable life.   Every poetic phrase, every poignant verse can be found within the pages of this sure-to-be-treasured volume—from her reflections on African American life and hardship in the compilation Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water ’fore I Diii... [Read More]

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

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

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 colorful portrayals of black life in America from the twenties through the sixties. He wrote novels, short stories and plays, as well as poetry, and is also known for his engagement with the world of jazz and the influence it had on his writing, as in... [Read More]

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

The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes

A comprehensive collection of the verse of Langston Huges contains 860 poems, including three hundred that have never appeared in book form, is arranged chronologically, and features commentary by Hughes's biographer. Reprint. 15,000 first

• UPC: 379545
• Rating: 4.714

Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes

A collection of some of the poetry of Langston

• UPC: 20528352
• Rating: 4.0

Selected Poems of Langston Hughes : A Classic Collection of Poems by a Master of American Verse

A collection of the author's favorite poetry from published books, private publications, and unpublished

• UPC: 380610
• Rating: 4.333

Roy Decarava and Langston Hughes: The Sweet Flypaper of Life

"The sensitivity of the photographs and the excellent blending of the pictures with the text... Bravo!" Henri Cartier-BressonThe Sweet Flypaper of Life is a "poem" about ordinary people, about teenagers around a jukebox, about children

• UPC: 256671954

The Short Stories of Langston Hughes

Offers a collection of stories written between 1919 and 1963 that follow Hughes' literary development and the growth of his personal and political

• UPC: 310691

That Is My Dream!: A Picture Book of Langston Hughes's "dream Variation"

"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...An African-American boy faces the

• UPC: 55863041

Paris In Mind : From Mark Twain to Langston Hughes, from Saul Bellow to David Sedaris: Three Centuries of Americans Writing About Their Romance (and Frustrations) with Paris

With the help of 30 of America's most illustrious and perceptive writers, editor Lee celebrates the world's most seductive city with this delightful anthology. "Paris in Mind" is a richly eclectic and often humorous collection

• UPC: 25109112
• Rating: 3.5

Essential Langston Hughes CD

A rare and exceptional recording of Langston Hughes reading his own poetry, as well as his own reflections, is offered on CD for the first time. Unabridged. 1

• UPC: 5357244
• Rating: 5.0

The Life of Langston Hughes, Volume 2 : 1941-1967

February 1, 2002 marks the 100th birthday of Langston Hughes. To commemorate the centennial of his birth, Arnold Rampersad has contributed new Afterwords to both volumes of his highly-praised biography of this most extraordinary and

• UPC: 34683016
• Rating: 5.0

Langston Hughes - eBook

Focuses on the early years of the well-known poet, Langston Hughes, whose writings reflect the everyday experiences of African

• UPC: 349936029