{"title":"Langston Hughes","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-short-stories-of-langston-hughes-langston-hughes-paperback","title":"The Short Stories of Langston Hughes -- Langston Hughes, Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Short Stories of Langston Hughes\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis collection of forty-seven stories written between 1919 and 1963--the most comprehensive available--showcases Langston Hughes's literary blossoming and the development of his personal and artistic concerns. Many of the stories assembled here have long been out of print, and others never before collected. 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Among his works are two volumes of memoirs, \u003ci\u003eThe Big Sea\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eI Wonder as I Wander\u003c\/i\u003e, and two collections of Simple stories, \u003ci\u003eThe Best of Simple \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Return of Simple\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAkiba Sullivan Harper\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of English at Spelman College and the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Return of Simple\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eArnold Rampersad\u003c\/b\u003e, Woodrow Wilson Professor of Literature at Princeton University, is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Life of Langston Hughes\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Collected Poems of Langston Hughes\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Langston Hughes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44350938448100,"sku":"9780809016037","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780809016037.jpg?v=1719554422"},{"product_id":"not-without-laughter-langston-hughes-paperback","title":"Not Without Laughter -- Langston Hughes, Paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003eOur greatest African American poet's award-winning first novel, about a black boy's coming-of-age in a largely white Kansas town\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When first published in 1930, \u003ci\u003eNot Without Laughter \u003c\/i\u003eestablished Langston Hughes as not only a brilliant poet and leading light of the Harlem Renaissance but also a gifted novelist. In telling the story of Sandy Rogers, a young African American boy in small-town Kansas, and of his family--his mother, Annjee, a housekeeper for a wealthy white family; his irresponsible father, Jimboy, who plays the guitar and travels the country in search of employment; his strong-willed grandmother Hager, who clings to her faith; his Aunt Tempy, who marries a rich man; and his Aunt Harriet, who struggles to make it as a blues singer--Hughes gives the longings and lineaments of black life in the early twentieth century an important place in the history of racially divided America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,800 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. 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His first book of poetry, \u003ci\u003eThe Weary Blues, \u003c\/i\u003ewas published in 1926; its success helped him to win a scholarship to Lincoln University, in Pennsylvania, from which he received his B.A. in 1929 and an honorary Litt.D. in 1943. Among his other awards and honors were a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Rosenwald Fellowship, and a grant from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Hughes published more than thirty-five books, including works of poetry, short stories, novels, an autobiography, musicals, essays, and plays. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAngela Flournoy\u003c\/b\u003e (introduction) was a finalist for the National Book Award for her debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Turner House\u003c\/i\u003e. 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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 culture. They spanned the range from the lyric to the polemic, ringing out wonder and pain and terror--and the marrow of the bone of life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe collection includes The Negro Speaks of Rivers, The Weary Blues, Still Here, Song for a Dark Girl, Montage of a Dream Deferred, and Refugee in America. 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After graduation from high school, he spent a year in Mexico with his father, then a year studying at Columbia University. His first poem published in a nationally known magazine was \"The Negro Speaks of Rivers,\" which appeared in \u003ci\u003eCrisis\u003c\/i\u003e in 1921. In 1925, he was awarded the First Prize for Poetry from the magazine \u003ci\u003eOpportunity\u003c\/i\u003e for \"The Weary Blues,\" which gave its title to his first book of poems, published in 1926. Hughes received his B.A. from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania in 1929. In 1943, he was awarded an honorary Litt.D. by his alma mater; during his lifetime, he was also awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship (1935), a Rosenwald Fellowship (1940), and an American Academy of Arts and Letters Grant (1947). From 1926 until his death in 1967, Hughes devoted his time to writing and lecturing. He wrote poetry, short stories, autobiography, song lyrics, essays, humor, and plays. 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Hughes's poetry and fiction works are messages from that America, sharply etched vignettes of its daily life, cruelly accurate portrayals of Black and white collisions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis Everyman's Library compendium comprises Hughes's debut poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Weary Blues\u003c\/i\u003e, which catapulted him into literary stardom at just twenty-four years old; his award-winning debut novel, \u003ci\u003eNot Without Laughter\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 1930 to critical raves; and his 1933 collection of short stories \u003ci\u003eThe Ways of White Folks\u003c\/i\u003e, currently only available in Vintage Classics trade paperback. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEveryman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Langston Hughes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Everyman's Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 600\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798217007769\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLangston Hughes (1902-1967), one of the great poets of the Harlem Renaissance, was born in Joplin, Missouri, and spent much of his childhood in Kansas before moving to Harlem. He wrote poetry, short stories, novels, an autobiography, songs, essays, and plays. Among his numerous awards and honors were a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1935, a Rosenwald Fellowship in 1940, and an American Academy of Arts and Letters Grant in 1947. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Introducer: \u003c\/b\u003e Dr. Joshua Bennett is a poet and scholar who has won numerous awards for his work on the classics of Black American literature. As both a teacher and student of Langston Hughes's work, as well as the work of his contemporaries, we're thrilled to have him on board to write this introduction. Dr. Bennett is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sobbing School \u003c\/i\u003e(Penguin, 2016)--which was a National Poetry Series selection and a finalist for an NAACP Image Award. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eBeing Property Once Myself \u003c\/i\u003e(Harvard University Press, 2020), \u003ci\u003eOwed \u003c\/i\u003e(Penguin, 2020), \u003ci\u003eThe Study of Human Life \u003c\/i\u003e(Penguin, 2022) and \u003ci\u003eSpoken Word: A Cultural History \u003c\/i\u003e(Knopf, 2023). He has received fellowships and awards from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Whiting Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Society of Fellows at Harvard University. He is a Professor of Literature and Distinguished Chair of the Humanities at MIT.","brand":"Langston Hughes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471683928292,"sku":"9798217007769","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9798217007769.jpg?v=1782898014"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/collections\/langston-hughes.oembed","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}