Jazz Age Poet A Story about Langston Hughes |
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| Author:
| Jones, Veda Boyd |
| Illustrator:
| Kiwak, Barbara |
| Series title: | Creative Minds Biographies Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8225-3092-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2006 |
| Publisher: | Lerner Publishing Group
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $9.99 |
Book Description:
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The author of such poems as I, To; Sing America; and The Negro Speaks of Rivers, Langston Hughes combined his experiences and emotions with the rhythms and themes he found in jazz music to create an exciting new style of poetry. Throughout his lifetime, Hughes won many awards and honors for his various books of poetry, novels, short stories, plays, children's books, autobiographies, and magazine articles. Despite always struggling to succeed financially, Hughes never gave up trying...
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The author of such poems as I, To; Sing America; and The Negro Speaks of Rivers, Langston Hughes combined his experiences and emotions with the rhythms and themes he found in jazz music to create an exciting new style of poetry. Throughout his lifetime, Hughes won many awards and honors for his various books of poetry, novels, short stories, plays, children's books, autobiographies, and magazine articles. Despite always struggling to succeed financially, Hughes never gave up trying to be a better writer, and a better man.