Langston Hughes was first published during the glory years of the Harlem Renaissance. “The Weary Blues” (Knopf, $26), was his first book of poetry published in 1926. It is being reissued this month ...
The Langston Hughes Review, Vol. 27, No. 2, SPECIAL ISSUE: “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” at 100: Part Two (2021), pp. 224-230 (7 pages) https://doi.org/10.5325 ...
STANDARDS (Blues poems before World War II). The weary blues / Langston Hughes -- Morning after / Langston Hughes -- Beale street love / Langston Hughes -- Song for a dark girl / Langston Hughes -- ...
Negro speaks of rivers -- Mother to son -- Ma Lord -- I, too, sing America -- To Captain Mulzac -- Porter -- Brass spitoons -- Ku Klux Klan -- Merry-go-round -- Florida road workers -- Good morning ...
Theater Review | 'Langston in Harlem' By Rachel Saltz A musical about Langston Hughes? Why not? He, too, sang America, making his poems, like the songs he heard on the street, “gay songs, because you ...