One book that echoes the themes explored in Langston Hughes's poetry is The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois. This ...

Analysis: The mother’s advice to her son, “Life for me ain’t been no crystal ... Finish story here; 10 Langston Hughes Poems That Define the American Spirit.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Irish poet Pádraig Ó Tuama about a new poetry anthology he edited called "44 Poems on Being with Each Other" and his own collection called "Kitchen Hymns." ...

Inspired by the Langston Hughes poem “Luck,” Lynn Nottage’s ... open enthusiasm for everything life has to offer with her father’s reluctant longing for his sister-in-law Lily (Thomika ...

Feb. events include the 30th annual Langston Hughes Community Poetry reading, and a free PPAC program celebrating musician and activist Randall Ashe.

However, I’ve gotten to know Garrow and his work over the last 11 years while conducting my own extensive research into King’s use of Langston Hughes’ poetry. Garrow has the ... access into King’s ...

The words of these Black poets cut to the core of the human experience and the realities of being Black in America ...

Brian Keys' Walter builds tension while Shanésia Davis' Lena radiates warmth in the classic South Side story by Lorraine ...

But Gates is a historian who has made chronicling the Black experience his life’s work ... lives and taking them with them, as the Langston Hughes poem extols. Its look at the reverse migration ...

Fort Edward, NY – Cornell Cooperative Extension Washington and Warren Counties will be hosting a Teen Poetry Workshop ... Emily Dickinson, Langston Hughes, and Eminem, students will realize ...