Blues in Stereo
Autor Langston Hughes Editat de Danez Smithen Limba Engleză Hardback – 19 noi 2024
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Before 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.
Blues in Stereo 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 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.
Blues in Stereo 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 early work contains. Blues in Stereo foreshadows a master poet that will go on to define literature for centuries to come.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781538768914
ISBN-10: 1538768917
Pagini: 144
Dimensiuni: 124 x 180 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN-10: 1538768917
Pagini: 144
Dimensiuni: 124 x 180 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Grand Central Publishing
Recenzii
This thoughtfully assembled and arranged volume honours a corner of a legendary poet's life . . . In Blues in Stereo, we get to witness a young poet figuring out the work and the self in tandem, clearly brimming with potential . . . 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.
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.
This collection of Hughes's early work allows us to see the great poet he would become for the young genius he was . . . 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.
'What a gift that Danez Smith, one of our greatest living poets, serves as our guide through this stunning collection of Hughes' early work' Clint Smith, author of ABOVE GROUND and HOW THE WORD IS PASSED
Before 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 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.
Blues in Stereo 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 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.
Blues in Stereo 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. Blues in Stereo foreshadows a master poet that will go on to define literature for centuries to come.
'Allows us to see the great poet [Hughes] would become for the young genius he was' Jericho Brown, author of THE TRADITION
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.
This collection of Hughes's early work allows us to see the great poet he would become for the young genius he was . . . 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.
'What a gift that Danez Smith, one of our greatest living poets, serves as our guide through this stunning collection of Hughes' early work' Clint Smith, author of ABOVE GROUND and HOW THE WORD IS PASSED
Before 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 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.
Blues in Stereo 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 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.
Blues in Stereo 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. Blues in Stereo foreshadows a master poet that will go on to define literature for centuries to come.
'Allows us to see the great poet [Hughes] would become for the young genius he was' Jericho Brown, author of THE TRADITION