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Titles like \u003cem\u003eNot Without Laughter\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Ways of White Folks\u003c\/em\u003e are essential readings for those interested in arts and culture, providing narratives that challenge and enrich our understanding of the American experience.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"not-without-laughter-by-langston-hughes-9781784877392","title":"Not Without Laughter","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA beautifully designed series that pays homage to the essential books of the most important and revolutionary Black arts movements in modern history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVINTAGE CLASSICS' HARLEM RENAISSANCE SERIES\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCelebrating the finest works of the Harlem Renaissance, one of the most important Black arts movements in modern history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'White peoples maybe mistreats you an' hates you, but when you hates 'em back, you's de one what's hurted, 'cause hate makes yo' heart ugly - that's all it does'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSandy's in the fifth grade when he's forced to sit on the back row away from his white classmates and denied entry to a new amusement park. His grandmother, who is raising him alongside his mother and aunt, tells him that love is the only thing to make room for in his heart. But it's Sandy's discovery of literature that inspires him to continue his education and make sense of the unjust world he inhabits in the debut novel from one of the foremost pioneers of the Harlem Renaissance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Hughes gives his readers... a guide for careful consideration of the lives of everyday black people. Such a guide is still useful to readers and writers today. Perhaps now more than ever.' – Angela Flournoy, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46271966642412,"sku":"9781784877392","price":26.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781784877392.jpg?v=1742266787"},{"product_id":"the-ways-of-white-folks-by-langston-hughes-9781784877415","title":"The Ways of White Folks","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA collection of vibrant and incisive short stories depicting the sometimes humorous, but more often tragic interactions between Black people and white people in America in the 1920s and '30s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Ways of White Folks\u003c\/em\u003e is the celebrated short story collection from the American poet and writer often called the 'Poet Laureate of Harlem'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA black maid forms a close bond with the daughter of the cruel white couple for whom she works. Two rich, white artists hire a black model to pose as a slave. A white-passing boy ignores his mother when they cross each other on the street.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWritten with sardonic wit and a keen eye for the absurdly unjust, these fourteen stories about racial tensions are as relevant today as the day they were penned, and linger in the mind long after the final page is turned.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Powerful, polemical pieces'\u003c\/em\u003e - New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Some of the best stories that have appeared in this country in years'\u003c\/em\u003e - North American Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46298817265900,"sku":"9781784877415","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/13388983482823.jpg?v=1743043800"},{"product_id":"not-without-laughter-the-ways-of-white-folks-the-weary-blues-by-langston-hughes-9781841594262","title":"Not Without Laughter, The Ways of White Folks, The Weary Blues","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA major hardcover compendium of poetry and fiction by the legendary Black American poet of the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the most important writers to emerge from the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes may be best known as a poet, but he was also a brilliant storyteller, blending elements of blues and jazz, speech and song, into a triumphant and wholly original idiom. Perhaps more than any other writer, Langston Hughes made the white America of the 1920s and 1930s aware of the Black culture thriving in its midst.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHughes'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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNot Without Laughter, The Ways of White Folks, The Weary Blues\u003c\/em\u003e are a testament to his genius, capturing the essence of that era with precision and depth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEveryman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free paper, with full-cloth cases with two-colour foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-colour illustrated jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47269582668012,"sku":"9781841594262","price":55.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/67e49729ea7a385449218e459fd22ff7.jpg?v=1769986110"},{"product_id":"selected-poems-by-langston-hughes-9781788164511","title":"Selected Poems","description":"With a new introduction by the multi-prizewinning young poet Kayo Chingonyi.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor over forty years, until his death in 1967, Langston Hughes captured in his poetry the lives of black people in the USA. This edition is Hughes's own selection of his work, and was first published in 1959. It includes all of his best known poems including 'The Negro Speaks of Rivers', 'The Weary Blues', 'Song for Billie Holiday', 'Black Maria', 'Magnolia Flowers', 'Lunch in a Jim Crow Car' and 'Montage of a Dream Deferred'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA key figure in the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes is now seen as one of the great chroniclers of black American experience - and one of the great artists of the twentieth century.","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47288757747948,"sku":"9781788164511","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/18174153482824.jpg?v=1770572682"},{"product_id":"an-earth-song-petite-poems-by-langston-hughes-9781951836931","title":"An Earth Song (Petite Poems)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this illustrated adaptation of a beloved Langston Hughes poem, a child delights as the world around him awakens from winter and comes to life with the long-awaited arrival of spring and new beginnings of all kinds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47423772885228,"sku":"9781951836931","price":46.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/61e4qOFGpjL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774430048"},{"product_id":"blues-in-stereo-by-langston-hughes-9781408773253","title":"Blues in Stereo","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublishers Weekly's Top Ten Fall 2024 Poetry Books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBefore Langston Hughes and his literary prowess became synonymous with American poetry, he was an eighteen-year-old on a train to Mexico City, seeking funds to pursue his passion. His early poems, beloved verses like \"The Negro Speaks of Rivers,\" were written without formal training, often on the back of napkins and envelopes, and were inspired by the sights and sounds of Black working-class people he encountered in his early life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlues in Stereo\u003c\/em\u003e is a posthumous collection of these early works, in which we see Langston Hughes like we've never seen him before. In the intimate pages of his handwritten journals, you will travel with Hughes outside of Harlem as he ventures to the American South and Mexico, sails through the Caribbean, and becomes the only Harlem Renaissance poet to visit Africa. He celebrates love as a tool of liberation in his poems and journal entries. His songs included showcase the musicality of verse poetry. And the book even includes a play he co-wrote with Duke Ellington, with a full score that experiments with rhythm and structure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlues in Stereo\u003c\/em\u003e portrays a young man coming of age in a changing world. Page by page, a young, fresh-faced Hughes contends with matters beyond his years with raw talent. National Book Award-nominated poet Danez Smith offers their insight and notes on themes, challenges, and obsessions that Hughes's early work contains. \u003cem\u003eBlues in Stereo\u003c\/em\u003e foreshadows a master poet that will go on to define literature for centuries to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47423881642220,"sku":"9781408773253","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781408773253.jpg?v=1774769756"},{"product_id":"selected-poems-of-langston-hughes-by-langston-hughes-9780679728184","title":"Selected Poems of Langston Hughes","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLangston Hughes electrified readers and launched a renaissance in Black writing in America. 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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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\" It gives us a poet of extraordinary range, directness, and stylistic virtuosity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSelected Poems of Langston Hughes\u003c\/em\u003e offers a deep insight into the powerful and vibrant legacy of one of America’s most celebrated poets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47598155104492,"sku":"9780679728184","price":49.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780679728184-selected-poems-of-langston-hughes.jpg?v=1777962958"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/langston-hughes.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}