The Weary Blues is Langston Hughes's first published collection of poems, immediately celebrated as a tour de force upon its release. Over ninety years after its publication, it remains a critically acclaimed literary work and still evokes a fresh, contemporary feeling...
This celebratory edition of the classic poetry collection reminds us of Hughes's stunning achievement, speaking directly, intimately, and powerfully of Black experiences at a time when Black voices were newly being heard in American literature. - With an introduction...
" He played that sad raggy tune like a musical fool. Sweet Blues! Coming from a black man's soul. " Langston Hughes invites you on a lyrical journey through the heartbeat of Harlem in the 1920s. With vivid poetic brushstrokes, Hughes paints the resilient spirit of African American...
" He played that sad raggy tune like a musical fool. Sweet Blues! Coming from a black man's soul. " Langston Hughes invites you on a lyrical journey through the heartbeat of Harlem in the 1920s. With vivid poetic brushstrokes, Hughes paints the resilient spirit of African American...
2022 Reprint of the 1926 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. With an introduction by Carl Van Vechten. The Weary Blues is Langston Hughes's first published collection of poems, immediately celebrated as a tour...
A celebration of music from beginning to end, The Weary Blues is the debut poetry collection by the foremost Harlem Renaissance poet, Langston Hughes. Droning a drowsy syncopated tune, / Rocking back and forth to a mellow croon, / I heard a Negro play. / Down...
"The Weary Blues" is the powerful and ground-breaking collection of poetry by American author Langston Hughes. An important contribution to the growing Harlem Renaissance art movement, "The Weary Blues" was Hughes' first poetry collection and was published in 1926 when the...
A celebration of music from beginning to end, The Weary Blues is the debut poetry collection by the foremost Harlem Renaissance poet, Langston Hughes. Droning a drowsy syncopated tune, / Rocking back and forth to a mellow croon, / I heard a Negro play...
A celebration of music from beginning to end, The
Weary Blues is the debut poetry collection by the foremost Harlem
Renaissance poet, Langston Hughes.
Droning a drowsy syncopated tune, / Rocking back and
forth to a mellow croon, / I heard a Negro...