Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes
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<b>Celebrate 100 years of Langston Hughes's powerful poetry.</b><br> <br> <br> <br> A Coretta Scott King Honor Award recipient, <i>Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes</i> includes 26 of the poet's most influential pieces, including: "Mother to Son"; "My People"; "Words Like Freedom"; "I, Too"; and "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"--Hughes's first published piece, which was originally released in June 1921. This collection is curated and annotated by Arnold Rampersad and David Roessel, two leading poetry experts. It also features gallery-quality art by Benny Andrews and a new foreword by RenΓ©e Watson, a Newbery Honor Award recipient and founder of the I, Too Arts Collective.
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