01737cam a2200277 4500 863109822 TxAuBib 20130101120000.0 940322s1994||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 94014509 TxAuBib Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Poems Selections. The collected poems of Langston Hughes / Arnold Rampersad, editor ; David Roessel, associate editor. 1st ed. New York : Distributed by Random House, 1994. 708 p. ; 23 cm. Lyrical and pungent, passionate and polemical, the result is a treasure of a book, the essential collection of a poet whose words have entered our common language. The collection spans five decades, and is comprised of 868 poems (nearly 300 of which never before appeared in book form) with annotations by Arnold Rampersad and David Roessel.Alongside such famous works as "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" and Montage of a Dream Deferred, The Collected Poems includes Hughes's lesser-known verse for children; topical poems distributed through the Associated Negro Press; and poems such as "Goodbye Christ" that were once suppressed. 20130101. African Americans Poetry. Rampersad, Arnold. Roessel, David E, 1954-, (David Ernest.) https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random057/94014509.html Contributor biographical information https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/samples/random041/94014509.html Sample text https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/random041/94014509.html Publisher description