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Article: Langston Hughes: American Poet. (children's reviews).(Children's Review)(Brief Article)
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- Black Issues Book Review
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- January 1, 2002
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Langston Hughes: American Poet
by Alice Walker
illustrated by Catherine Deeter
HarperCollins (text 1974), January 2002
$16.95, ISBN 0-060-21518-6, Ages 9 to 12
In Langston Hughes: American Poet, author and poet Alice Walker paints a lyrical picture of the Harlem Renaissance literary icon. With a dizzying display of verbal and visual imagery, Langston Hughes is a captivating story of such beauty that you soon forget it is a children's book. This biographical tale unfolds like a storybook, but reads like a classic novel. A quick read--the book can be finished in less than ten minutes--it is surprisingly crammed with facts and information about Langston Hughes, so ...