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Black Misery

Black Misery( )
Author: Hughes, Langston
Illustrator: Arouni,
Introduction by: Jackson, Jesse
As told to: O'Meally, Robert G.
Series title:The ^AIona and Peter Opie Library of Children's Literature Ser.
ISBN:978-0-19-514298-3
Publication Date:Jan 2001
Publisher:Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $7.95
Book Description:

Langston Hughes was a writer who often made his readers ask hard questions about life. In Black Misery he wrote about prejudice and indifference, but he wrote with humor and compassion. The short but powerful one-sentence captions, along with Arouni's black and white drawings, tell of the predicament of a black child adjusting to the new world of integration of the 1960s. The mix of hope and dismay that characterized that decade is still real and immediate after 25 years. Black Misery,...
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Book Details
Pages:72
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Nonfiction / Humor / General
Juvenile Nonfiction / African American & Black
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):7 x 4.8 x 0.3 Inches
Book Weight:0.44 Pounds
Author Biography
Hughes, Langston (Author)
Langston Hughes, February 1, 1902 - May 22, 1967 Langston Hughes, one of the foremost black writers to emerge from the Harlem Renaissance, was born on February 1, 1902, in Joplin, Mo. Hughes briefly attended Columbia University before working numerous jobs including busboy, cook, and steward. While working as a busboy, he showed his poems to American poet Vachel Lindsay, who helped launch his career. He soon obtained a scholarship to Lincoln University and had several works published.

Hughes is noted for his depictions of the black experience. In addition to the black dialect, he incorporated the rhythms of jazz and the blues into his poetry. While many recognized his talent, many blacks disapproved of his unflattering portrayal of black life. His numerous published volumes include, "The Weary Blues," "Fine Clothes to the Jew," and "Montage of a Dream Deferred." Hughes earned several awards during his lifetime including: a Guggenheim fellowship, an American Academy of Arts and Letters Grant, and a Spingarn Medal from the NAACP.

Langston Hughes died of heart failure on May 22, 1967.

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