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"The ultimate book for both the dabbler and serious scholar--. [Hughes] is sumptuous and sharp, playful and sparse, grounded in an earthy music--. This book is a glorious revelation."--Boston Globe

Spanning five decades and comprising 868 poems (nearly 300 of which have never before appeared in book form), this magnificent volume is the definitive sampling of a writer who has been called the poet laureate of African America--and perhaps our greatest popular poet since Walt Whitman.  Here, for the first time, are all the poems that Langston Hughes published during his lifetime, arranged in the general order in which he wrote them and annotated ...

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Overview

"The ultimate book for both the dabbler and serious scholar--. [Hughes] is sumptuous and sharp, playful and sparse, grounded in an earthy music--. This book is a glorious revelation."--Boston Globe

Spanning five decades and comprising 868 poems (nearly 300 of which have never before appeared in book form), this magnificent volume is the definitive sampling of a writer who has been called the poet laureate of African America--and perhaps our greatest popular poet since Walt Whitman.  Here, for the first time, are all the poems that Langston Hughes published during his lifetime, arranged in the general order in which he wrote them and annotated by Arnold Rampersad and David Roessel.

Alongside such famous works as "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" and Montage of a Dream Deferred, The Collected Poems includes the author's lesser-known verse for children; topical poems distributed through the Associated Negro Press; and poems such as "Goodbye Christ" that were once suppressed.  Lyrical and pungent, passionate and polemical, the result is a treasure of a book, the essential collection of a poet whose words have entered our common language.

Here for the first time is a complete collection of the poetry of Langston Hughes--860 poems that sound the heartbeat of black life in America during 40 turbulent years. This rich volume, with its illuminating notes and chronology of Hughes's life, and a section of poems for children, will be a revelation to both those familiar with his work and those just discovering it.

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly
At last Hughes has gotten his first collected edition; it is overdue. The editors have attempted to collect every poem (860 in all) published by the writer in his lifetime, and have also provided a brief but informative introduction, a detailed chronology and extensive textual notes that include the original date and place of publication for each poem. In fact, this edition corrects the many errors and omissions of the standard Hughes bibliography, and the editors plan to update the text as more unpublished work surfaces. Although Hughes is best known for his poems celebrating African African life, he was also a passionately political poet who paid dearly for his communist affiliations and radical views. The chronological arrangement of the poems allows the reader to follow the course of Hughes's career-long political engagement, though probably Hughes will mainly be read for the clarity of his language, his wise humor and his insight into the human condition. BOMC selection. (Nov.)
Library Journal
Coedited by Hughes biographer Rampersad (Vol. 1, LJ 8/86; Vol. 2, LJ 9/15/88), this is the most complete collection of Hughes's poems to date. Known for a few brilliant pieces, Hughes wrote many others-860 are here, and this after unpublished work and juvenalia were excluded. Quite a few are songs or what the editors appropriately term "doggerel." Works are in chronological order, except for two improtant books printed intact: Montage of a Dream Deferred and Ask you Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz. A short preface, a time line of Hughes' life, and historical endnotes are also included. The time line is as moving as any of Hughes's poems; together, they document an intensely felt life of hardship and perseverance. Persecuted for his leftist politics as well as his skin color, Hughes just kept on writing. Beyond their relative merits-their rhymes, song rhythms, and sometimes dogmatic approach will not appeal to all-these poems are full of beauty, qualified joy, and sharp illustrations of African American life in our century. For every collection.-Ellen Kaufman, Dewey Ballantine Law Lib., New York

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780679764083
  • Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
  • Publication date: 10/28/1995
  • Edition description: 1st Vintage classics ed
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 736
  • Sales rank: 77,354
  • Series: Vintage Classics Series
  • Product dimensions: 6.09 (w) x 9.11 (h) x 1.83 (d)

Meet the Author

Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri, in 1902.  After graduation from high school, he spent a year in Mexico with his father, then a year studying at Columbia University.  His first poem in a nationally known magazine was "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," which appeared in Crisis in 1921.  In 1925, he was awarded the First Prize for Poetry of the magazine Opportunity, the winning poem being "The Weary Blues," which gave its title to his first book of poems, published in 1926.  As a result of his poetry, Mr. Hughes received a scholarship at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, where he won his B.A. in 1929.  In 1943, he was awarded an honorary Litt.D. by his alma mater; he has also been 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, Langston Hughes devoted his time to writing and lecturing.  He wrote poetry, short stories, autobiography, song lyrics, essays, humor, and plays.  A cross section of his work was published in 1958 as The Langston Hughes Reader.

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Table of Contents

Introduction 3
A Chronology of the Life of Langston Hughes 8
The Poems of Langston Hughes
Poems 1921-1930 21
Poems 1931-1940 133
Poems 1941-1950 223
Poems 1951-1960 377
Poems 1961-1967 471
Appendix 1 Poems Circulated by the Associated Negro Press 563
Appendix 2 Poetry for Children 595
Appendix 3 Additional Poems 611
Notes to the Poems 619
Index of First Lines 697
Index of Titles 707

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 10, 2006

    just like Harlem he is #1

    Some people can pick up and write poetry.But without meaning the words which they write are nothing.But heart and soul woven together create the poems which langston Hughes writes.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 26, 2002

    Incredible

    I am in constant awe of the words penned by Mr. Hughes. His works remain the catalyst for my writing career. He inspies me to write, and to be true in my words. I can never fill his shoes, but I gladly and humbly follow in his footsteps.

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  • Posted February 21, 2010

    Evokes memories

    Langston Hughes has been a long time favorite of mine. This book evokes memories of days gone by and the innocence that I have lost since then.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 7, 2008

    A History of Which Was Promised to Have a Voice

    Leads to those that can only acknowledge of which was. I true lover of Langston Hughes'work, I can only say you can only become enriched from reading this book and no other one will stand up to the style of composition that comes through. I could only wish other poets of this age could begin to unfold in such beauty as he has. In his time of limitations he seemed to make presentation limitless.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 14, 2001

    Absolutely Brilliant

    Words cannot begin to express how incredibly talented this man is. This collection of his poems is skillfully put together. There is a poem for every human emotion possible. It is a beautiful guide throught the history of black American life.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 22, 2000

    Simply the Best

    I just have one thing to say: Brilliant!!!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 3, 2000

    Langsotn Hughes the Best!

    Langston Hughes has been my favorite poet since i was younger!I am only 13 but i love poety espically by Langston Hughes His Poem Dreams really inspired me the most..Hold fat unto you Dreams...

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 2, 2000

    The Best Poet Ever

    Langston is one of my favorite poets ever. His words or just the greatest. He really opens himself you and you can really feel what he is writing and what was going on. He was the first poet I really got into and like b/c before I never really liked poety. He just inspiered me in some weird way. I think he is the best.

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