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Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes

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Celebrate 100 years of Langston Hughes’s powerful poetry. A Coretta Scott King Honor Award recipient, Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes includes 26 of the poet’s most influential pieces, including: “Mother to Son”; “My People”; “Words Like Freedom”; “I, Too”; and “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”—Hughes’s first… Read More
Poetry for Young People: Maya Angelou

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An acclaimed anthology receives a new design and cover! Award-winning writer, historian, and civil rights activist Dr. Maya Angelou is a true American icon. Twenty-five of her finest poems capture a range of emotions and experiences, from the playful “Harlem… Read More
Poetry for Young People: Robert Frost

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Use all your senses—not just your eyes—when you read Robert Frost’s remarkable poems. Your own world will quickly melt away as Frost draws you into winter wonderlands, forests, and fields. More than twenty-five of the Pulitzer-Prize winner’s best-loved poems are… Read More
Poetry for Young People: Emily Dickinson

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See the beauty and magic of the everyday world through the eyes of Emily Dickinson, one of America’s best-loved and most renowned poets. Flowers, birds, sunrises, sunsets, the moon, and even her own existence take on surprising meanings and colorful… Read More

Langston Hughes

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Langston Hughes (1902–1967) was born in Joplin, Missouri, and grew up in Kansas before moving to Harlem in New York City. Hughes is a leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance and one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century. In his lifetime, Hughes published over thirty-five works, including poetry, novels, short stories, an autobiography, musicals, essays, and plays.

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Not Without Laughter

by Langston Hughes, Introduction by Jasmine Mans

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Blues in Stereo

by Langston Hughes, Edited by Danez Smith

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Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes

by Langston Hughes, Edited by David Roessel, Edited by Arnold Rampersad, Illustrated by Benny Andrews, Foreword by Renée Watson

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