Poems

Poems
ISBN-10
0375405518
ISBN-13
9780375405518
Series
Poems
Category
Poetry / American / African American & Black
Pages
252
Language
English
Published
1999
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Author
Langston Hughes

Description

Presents nearly two hundred of the author's poems, including works celebrating African American music and life, denunciations of Jim Crow and racism, and verses about Africa and the Spanish Civil War.

Other editions

  • Poems
    • 1998
    • 255 pages
    • Paperback
    • Everyman's Library
  • Poems
    • 1995
    • 258 pages
    • Paperback
    • Everyman's Library
  • Poems
    • 1995
    • 254 pages
    • Paperback
    • Everyman's Library
  • Poems
    • 1995
    • 256 pages
    • Paperback
    • Everyman's Library

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