Langston Hughes,David Roessel,Arnold Rampersad,Benny Andrews
Sterling proudly announces an exciting and vibrant addition to ,Poetry for Young People,: The first African-American themed book in the series, featuring the poems of the extraordinary Langston Hughes. Edited by the two leading experts on Hughesâ€™s work, and illustrated by the brilliant Benny Andrews, this very special volume is one to treasure forever.,Â ,A much-requested book that was years in the makingâ€¦and well worth the wait. One of the central figures in the Harlem Renaissanceâ€”the flowering of black culture that took place in the 1920s and 30sâ€”Langston Hughes captured the soul of his people, and gave voice to their concerns about race and social justice. His magnificent and powerful words still resonate today: thatâ€™s why itâ€™s so important for young people to have access to his poems. Now they do, in a splendid volume edited and illustrated by a top-caliber team who are simply the best in their fields.,Â ,The introduction, biography, and annotations come from Arnold Rampersad, a Professor and Dean at Stanford University, who has written ,The Life of Langston Hughes,, and David Roessel, co-editor with Professor Rampersad of ,The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes, and editor of the Langston Hughes collection in Knopfâ€™s ,Everyman, series. Benny Andrewsâ€”a painter, printmaker, and arts advocate whose work is in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Smithsonian, among othersâ€”has created gallery-quality illustrations that pulse with energy and add rich dimension to the poems.,Â ,Among the anthologized poems are Hughesâ€™s best-known and most loved works: â€œThe Negro Speaks of Riversâ€; â€œAunt Sueâ€™s Storiesâ€; â€œDanse Africaineâ€; â€œMother to Sonâ€; â€œMy Peopleâ€; â€œWords Like Freedomâ€; â€œHarlemâ€; and â€œI, Tooâ€â€”his sharp, pointed response to Walt Whitmanâ€™s earlier â€œI Hear America Singing.â€,Â ,Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes, is a publishing event for all to celebrate.,A Selection of the Scholastic Book Club.,Â 
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Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes