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And finally, “The N*gro Speaks of Rivers” (https://youtu.be/kiCqOzabU6A?si=MC1K7YwmKdn7yIeK) performed by the greatest coloratura contralto Marian Anderson. This 1941 composition is based on the poem “The N*gro Speaks of Rivers” by Margaret Bonds’ muse, co-conspirator and close friend Langston Hughes, who she met in the late 1930s after she graduated from college where she fell in love with his writing.
#SymSat #MargaretBonds #LangstonHughes #BlackHistoryMonth #MarianAnderson

"What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
Like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore--
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over--
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?"

- Langston Hughes, Dream Deferred (1951)

#Poetry #LangstonHughes #DreamDeferred #BlackPoets

Graduation – Jacob Lawrence

by Jacob Lawrence (1948, ink over graphite on paper, 72 × 49.8 cm, Art Institute of Chicago, USA)

This work, Graduation, is one of six drawings that Jacob Lawrence made as illustrations for Langston Hughes’s 1949 book of poetry, One-Way Ticket. 

#Art #Graduation #JacobLawrence #LangstonHughes #Poetry

𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔: 𝑵𝒆𝒈𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑺𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆: 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒆 & 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒈-𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 -

This is getting challenging. What are we to do with the Suffering Child question? And on which form of suffering do I plant my flag of resistance? Dostoevsky and Langston Hughes both offer clues.

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/negotiating-for-space-compromise-and-flag-planting/

#podcast #literature #books #bookworm #book #read #readreadread
#dostoevsky #langstonhughes #TheBrothersKaramazov #letamericabeamericaagain #activism

𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔: 𝑵𝒆𝒈𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑺𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆: 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒆 & 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒈-𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 -

This is getting challenging. What are we to do with the Suffering Child question? And on which form of suffering do I plant my flag of resistance? Dostoevsky and Langston Hughes both offer clues.

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/negotiating-for-space-compromise-and-flag-planting/

#podcast #literature #books #bookworm #book #read #readreadread
#dostoevsky #langstonhughes #TheBrothersKaramazov #letamericabeamericaagain #activism

𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔: 𝑵𝒆𝒈𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑺𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆: 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒆 & 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒈-𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 -

This is getting challenging. What are we to do with the Suffering Child question? And on which form of suffering do I plant my flag of resistance? Dostoevsky and Langston Hughes both offer clues.

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/negotiating-for-space-compromise-and-flag-planting/

#podcast #literature #books #bookworm #book #read #readreadread
#dostoevsky #langstonhughes #TheBrothersKaramazov #letamericabeamericaagain #activism

𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔: 𝑵𝒆𝒈𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑺𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆: 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒆 & 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒈-𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 -

This is getting challenging. What are we to do with the Suffering Child question? And on which form of suffering do I plant my flag of resistance? Dostoevsky and Langston Hughes both offer clues.

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/negotiating-for-space-compromise-and-flag-planting/

#podcast #literature #books #bookworm #book #read #readreadread
#dostoevsky #langstonhughes #TheBrothersKaramazov #letamericabeamericaagain #activism

𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔: 𝑵𝒆𝒈𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑺𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆: 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒆 & 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒈-𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 -

This is getting challenging. What are we to do with the Suffering Child question? And on which form of suffering do I plant my flag of resistance? Dostoevsky and Langston Hughes both offer clues.

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/negotiating-for-space-compromise-and-flag-planting/

#podcast #literature #books #bookworm #book #read #readreadread
#dostoevsky #langstonhughes #TheBrothersKaramazov #letamericabeamericaagain #activism

#NJ Hall of Fame: Time to add #SenatorCoryBooker to this illustrious list?! #Democracy #newjersey #stanford #langstonhughes #GardenState #GOAT #uspol https://corybooker.com

𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕: "𝑹𝒖𝒅𝒚𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝑲𝒊𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈'𝒔 '𝑰𝒇' & 𝑰𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒚-𝑯𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 -

Where do we find irony, anyway? And how? An answer in an offer of cheese.

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/kiplings-if-and-irony-hunting

#podcast #literature #books #bookworm #read #book #readreadread #irony #dramaticirony #rudyardkipling #if #scotland #readingstrategies #langstonhughes #suicidesnote #gwendolynbrooks #werealcool

[Audio] Three #Poets of the #HarlemRenaissance

An #anthology of over 250 #poems from the 1920s peak of the Harlem Renaissance. #Narrator #RonButler highlights #CounteeCullen's #classical #themes. #RobinMiles brings out the #warmth in #GeorgiaDouglasJohnson's work. #KevinKenerly conveys #LangstonHughes's unique #jazz #rhythms.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Poetry #Audiobooks #Representation #Culture #BlackMastodon

https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/234457/three-poets-of-the-harlem-renaissance-by-langston-hughes-georgia-douglas-johnson-countee-cullen-read-by-kevin-kenerly-robin-miles/

Puritanism is antihuman.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unregistered-with-thaddeus-russell/id1227060738?i=1000638492663

#RadicalHumanism #LangstonHughes #WEBDuBois #American #jazz #blues #music #culture #liberated #liberalism

A recently discovered #LangstonHughes #poem in #Yale's #Beinecke #RareBook #Library within "An #Anthology of Revolutionary #Poetry."

The #Black #speaker views the world as a #confined, #fenced #space and strives to #obliterate its #cruel #boundaries.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Books #Poetry #Reading #Representation #Culture #BlackMastodon

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/magazine/poem-i-look-at-the-world.html

A recently discovered #LangstonHughes #poem in #Yale's #Beinecke #RareBook #Library within "An #Anthology of Revolutionary #Poetry."

The #Black #speaker views the world as a #confined, #fenced #space and strives to #obliterate its #cruel #boundaries.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Books #Poetry #Reading #Representation #Culture #BlackMastodon

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/magazine/poem-i-look-at-the-world.html

A recently discovered #LangstonHughes #poem in #Yale's #Beinecke #RareBook #Library within "An #Anthology of Revolutionary #Poetry."

The #Black #speaker views the world as a #confined, #fenced #space and strives to #obliterate its #cruel #boundaries.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Books #Poetry #Reading #Representation #Culture #BlackMastodon

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/magazine/poem-i-look-at-the-world.html

A recently discovered #LangstonHughes #poem in #Yale's #Beinecke #RareBook #Library within "An #Anthology of Revolutionary #Poetry."

The #Black #speaker views the world as a #confined, #fenced #space and strives to #obliterate its #cruel #boundaries.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Books #Poetry #Reading #Representation #Culture #BlackMastodon

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/magazine/poem-i-look-at-the-world.html

A recently discovered #LangstonHughes #poem in #Yale's #Beinecke #RareBook #Library within "An #Anthology of Revolutionary #Poetry."

The #Black #speaker views the world as a #confined, #fenced #space and strives to #obliterate its #cruel #boundaries.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Books #Poetry #Reading #Representation #Culture #BlackMastodon

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/magazine/poem-i-look-at-the-world.html

Evelyn Waugh & Langston Hughes Rightsholder Launches West Coast Charm Offensive & Snaps Up Estate Of Somerset Maugham
#Books #BreakingNews #Drama #EvelynWaugh #HilaryStrong #Indies #InternationalLiteraryProperties #LangstonHughes #Maigret #SomersetMaugham

https://deadline.com/2023/11/evelyn-waugh-langston-hughes-ilp-la-somerset-maugham-1235589595/

Evelyn Waugh & Langston Hughes Rightsholder Launches West Coast Charm Offensive & Snaps Up Estate Of Somerset Maugham
#Books #BreakingNews #Drama #EvelynWaugh #HilaryStrong #Indies #InternationalLiteraryProperties #LangstonHughes #Maigret #SomersetMaugham

https://deadline.com/2023/11/evelyn-waugh-langston-hughes-ilp-la-somerset-maugham-1235589595/

Evelyn Waugh & Langston Hughes Rightsholder Launches West Coast Charm Offensive & Snaps Up Estate Of Somerset Maugham
#Books #BreakingNews #Drama #EvelynWaugh #HilaryStrong #Indies #InternationalLiteraryProperties #LangstonHughes #Maigret #SomersetMaugham

https://deadline.com/2023/11/evelyn-waugh-langston-hughes-ilp-la-somerset-maugham-1235589595/

hahaha, I can keep listing books!
#7books additionally to the above:

+ Between the World and Me by #TaNehesiCoates
+ The Collected Poems of #LangstonHughes
+ Sagas of Icelanders by #RobertKellogg
+ A Wizard of Earthsea by #UrsulaKLeguin
+ The Worldbreaker Saga by #KameronHurley
+ Lilith's Brood: the complete Xenogenesis trilogy by #OctaviaButler
+ The Song of Albion (trilogy) by #StephenLawhead

Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby - Langston Hughes

The rain more than kissed me that afternoon, this was taken shortly after the rain had passed, I was drenched.

#landscapephotography #custerstatepark #southdakota #clouds #grahamgreenphotography #photography #langstonhughes #naturequotes