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rjbs's review against another edition
5.0
Outstanding. It did not matter that I had heard nothing but superlative praise for Hughes before reading this: it was better than I could have expected. The final third is his short book of poems, "Montage for a Dream Deferred." It was powerful and masterfully constructed. The pieces in it were strong, but together formed a loosely interconnected fabric with a unity of purpose that only became really clear to me at the very end.
Other pieces in the collection, like "Come to the Waldorf Astoria" and "Let America Be America Again" and "Freedom Train" will stick with me forever.
At the beginning, and through much of the book, I was unimpressed by the more blues-like or jazz-inspired poems. In "Montage," though, the jazz influence pulls the whole thing together.
I will certainly come back to this one again and again.
Other pieces in the collection, like "Come to the Waldorf Astoria" and "Let America Be America Again" and "Freedom Train" will stick with me forever.
At the beginning, and through much of the book, I was unimpressed by the more blues-like or jazz-inspired poems. In "Montage," though, the jazz influence pulls the whole thing together.
I will certainly come back to this one again and again.
glendareads39's review against another edition
5.0
Langston Hughes' collection of poems in this book ranges from history, culture, slavery, etc. Insightful, moving and powerful. The jazz and blues inspired poems describes what we happening during the Harlem Renaissance period. Hughes' poems such as "Negro" and "Migration" gives readers a look of racism and prejudice that was happening in the 1920's. Unfortunately racism and prejudice is still taking place in the world today. Hughes uses the environment around him to write his poetry.
tomtas_anneli's review against another edition
5.0
Reading Langston Hughes is a joyful experience of language and rhythm. It's also a sometimes bittersweet and sometimes bitterly painful journey through places and scenes that feel lost in the mists of time, and ones that feel forever contemporary.
wonderingreader's review against another edition
4.0
Some of these poems were kind of hard to understand at first glance, but after reading over them and really looking into them, they were very meaningful.
adrianapellegrini's review against another edition
5.0
Wonderful poems. At some points I couldn’t stop
imagining his surroundings, the life, the everyday fight, the scenario around him.
imagining his surroundings, the life, the everyday fight, the scenario around him.
aishamonet's review against another edition
4.0
It's so hard for me to enurmate this book with stars!
I have never read any of Mr. Hughes work before and I feel like this is an excellent way to be introduced to such a fine and important poet.
I do wish, however, that there has been context to some of the poems. It was obvious that they were written in response to things happening in his life and it would have been lovely to get insight into that.
I have never read any of Mr. Hughes work before and I feel like this is an excellent way to be introduced to such a fine and important poet.
I do wish, however, that there has been context to some of the poems. It was obvious that they were written in response to things happening in his life and it would have been lovely to get insight into that.