{"product_id":"the-weary-blues-9781513203607","title":"The Weary Blues","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA celebration of music from beginning to end, The Weary Blues is the debut poetry collection by the foremost Harlem Renaissance poet, Langston Hughes.  Droning a drowsy syncopated tune, \/ Rocking back and forth to a mellow croon, \/ I heard a Negro play. \/ Down on Lenox Avenue the other night \/ By the pale dull pallor of an old gas light \/ He did a lazy sway. . .  With these first lines, Hughes invites the reader into an experimental playground that tells the story of a Black man's life in America. Featuring poems such as, \"Dream Variations,\" \"The Negro Speaks of Rivers,\" and \"Our Land,\" Hughes weaves in and out of verse, highlighting the lows of struggle in the face of segregation and racism, but also the highs of creation from the time when, \"the Negroes were in vogue.\"  Now considered to be an American classic, The Weary Blues embodies the feel of the rhythm, improvisation, and soul of Black classical music, pioneered the genre of \"jazz poetry,\" and left an irreplaceable mark in the African-American literary canon.  Professionally typeset with a beautifully designed cover, this edition of The Weary Blues is a sensational reimagining of a Harlem Renaissance staple for the modern reader.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroducing Langston Hughes to the Reader  Proem   The Weary Blues  The Weary Blues  Jazzonia  Negro Dancers  The Cat and the Saxophone  Young Singer  Cabaret  To Midnight Nan at Leroy’s  To a Little Lover-Lass, Dead  Harlem Night Club  Nude Young Dancer  Young Prostitute  To a Black Dancer  Song for a Banjo Dance  Blues Fantasy  Lenox Avenue: Midnight   Dream Variations  Dream Variation  Winter Moon  Poème d’Automne  Fantasy in Purple  March Moon   The Negro Speaks of Rivers  The Negro Speaks of Rivers  Cross  The Jester  The South  As I Grew Older  Aunt Sue’s Stories  Poem   Black Pierrot  A Black Pierrot  Harlem Night Song  Songs to the Dark Virgin  Ardella  Poem—To the Black Beloved  When Sue Wears Red  Pierrot   Water-Front Streets  Water-Front Streets  A Farewell  Long Trip  Port Town  Sea Calm  Caribbean Sunset  Young Sailor  Seascape  Natcha  Sea Charm  Death of an Old Seaman   Shadows in the Sun  Beggar Boy  Troubled Woman  Suicide’s Note  Sick Room  Soledad  To the Dark Mercedes  Mexican Market Woman  After Many Springs  Young Bride  The Dream Keeper  Poem (To F.S.)   Our Land  Our Land  Lament for Dark Peoples  Afraid  Poem—For the Portrait of an African Boy  Summer Night  Disillusion  Danse Africaine  The White Ones  Mother to Son  Poem   Epilogue","brand":"Graphic Arts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359493652823,"sku":"9781513203607","price":11.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781513203607.jpg?v=1754124816","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-weary-blues-9781513203607","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}