Blues in Stereo
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From Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes, a stunning collection of early works written from 1921-1927 curated by award winning poet and National Book Award finalist, Danez Smith. Hanif Abdurraqib calls the collection of polished poems and raw, unfinished, works-in-progress, “a gift to any...
Published By Legacy Lit
Format Hardback
Number Of Pages 144
Publication Date 11/19/2024
ISBN 9781538768914
Dimensions 5.25 inches x 7.25 inches
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"A stunning collection."—Ebony
“Danez Smith, another of our great poets living in America today, is a perfect guide for us through this necessary and luminous collection of Langston Hughes’ earliest work.”
—Texas Public Radio
“This thoughtfully assembled and arranged volume honors a corner of a legendary poet's life that we, the readers, do not always get to honor after a poet is not with us in the earthly sense, and their legacy has outpaced their living. In Blues in Stereo, we get to witness a young poet, a poet figuring out the work and the self in tandem, clearly brimming with potential, turning corners as they arrived. This book is not only a gift for what it gives us of Hughes, but additionally, it is a gift to any poet working at any stage of their life and career, needing a reminder that there is more to reach for.” —Hanif Abdurraqib, MacArthur Fellow, National Book Award Finalist, author of There’s Always This Year and Little Devil in America
“Langston Hughes transformed the way America understood Black literature and transformed the way the world understood Black life. He wrote directly into the fullness and complexity of the Black experience. The suffering. The joy. The violence. The resilience. His poetry revels in the music of our language. His love for his people leaps from the page. What a gift that Danez Smith, one of our greatest living poets, serves as our guide through this stunning collection of Hughes’ early work. What a gift that we get to see the past and present meeting in this beautiful way.”—Clint Smith, New York Times bestselling author of Above Ground and How the Word is Passed
“This collection of Hughes's early work allows us to see the great poet he would become for the young genius he was. Some of these early poems are some of your favorite poems, proving that possibility for longevity only exists if we get started now! I am grateful for this volume and for Hughes's willingness to follow his dream and his commitment to write about dreams his entire life.” —Jericho Brown, Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Tradition and editor of How We Do It