{"product_id":"the-panther-the-lash-9780679736592","title":"The Panther \u0026 the Lash","description":"\u003cb\u003eHughes's last collection of poems commemorates the experience of Black Americans in a voice that no reader could fail to hear--the last testament of a great American writer who grappled fearlessly and artfully with the most compelling issues of his time. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Langston Hughes is a titanic figure in 20th-century American literature ... a powerful interpreter of the American experience.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the publication of his first book in 1926, Langston Hughes was America's acknowledged poet of color. Here, Hughes's voice--sometimes ironic, sometimes bitter, always powerful--is more pointed than ever before, as he explicitly addresses the racial politics of the sixties in such pieces as \"Prime,\" \"Motto,\" \"Dream Deferred,\" \"Frederick Douglas: 1817-1895,\" \"Still Here,\" \"Birmingham Sunday.\" \" History,\" \"Slave,\" \"Warning,\" and \"Daybreak in Alabama.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Langston Hughes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.94h x 5.14w x 0.37d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679736592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLANGSTON HUGHES was born in Joplin, Missouri, in 1902. After graduation from high school, he spent a year in Mexico with his father, then a year studying at Columbia University. His first poem published in a nationally known magazine was \"The Negro Speaks of Rivers,\" which appeared in \u003ci\u003eCrisis\u003c\/i\u003e in 1921. In 1925, he was awarded the First Prize for Poetry from the magazine \u003ci\u003eOpportunity\u003c\/i\u003e for \"The Weary Blues,\" which gave its title to his first book of poems, published in 1926. Hughes received his B.A. from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania in 1929. In 1943, he was awarded an honorary Litt.D. by his alma mater; during his lifetime, he was also awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship (1935), a Rosenwald Fellowship (1940), and an American Academy of Arts and Letters Grant (1947). From 1926 until his death in 1967, Hughes devoted his time to writing and lecturing. He wrote poetry, short stories, autobiography, song lyrics, essays, humor, and plays. A cross section of his work was published in 1958 as \u003ci\u003eThe Langston Hughes Reader; \u003c\/i\u003ea \u003ci\u003eSelected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e first appeared in 1959 and a \u003ci\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e in 1994. Today, his many works and his contribution to American letters continue to be cherished and celebrated around the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43750546374771,"sku":"9.78068E+12","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_ce21f718-1f49-49b1-9dc5-37f7cb73265f.jpg?v=1756465145","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-panther-the-lash-9780679736592","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}