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Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes (100th Anniversary Edition) byLangston Hughes, David Roessel, Arnold Rampersad, Benny Andrews, Renée Watson

• Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes (100th Anniversary Edition)
• Langston Hughes, David Roessel, Arnold Rampersad, Benny Andrews, Renée Watson
• Page:60
• Format: pdf, ePub, mobi, fb2
• ISBN:9781454943754
• Publisher:Sterling Children's Books

Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes (100th Anniversary Edition)

Free ebook or pdf downloadPoetry for Young People: Langston Hughes (100th Anniversary Edition)9781454943754 byLangston Hughes, David Roessel, Arnold Rampersad, Benny Andrews, Renée Watson

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller Written over a century ago, the beauty and importance of Langston Hughes’ words still resonate today. A key figure in the Harlem Renaissance, he focused on portraying the joys and hardships of Black lives in an honest, purposeful way. In this deluxe, 100th Anniversary Edition, Renee Watson delivers a foreword that welcomes readers and poets to celebrate the works of Mr. Hughes. Along with award-winning art from Benny Andrews and a curated collection of work by Arnold Rampersad and David Roessel, the goal of breathing new life into the Harlem Renaissance will be appreciated for generations. 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 published piece, which was originally released in June 1921. This collection is curated and annotated by Arnold Rampersad and David Roessel, two leading poetry experts. It also features gallery-quality art by Benny Andrews and a new foreword by Renée Watson, a Newbery Honor Award recipient and founder of the I, Too Arts Collective.