“if you’re going to use the word ‘dream’ in a poem, you had better be langston hughes.” — Jewelle Gomez Copy Share Image
[ Mrs. James, my fifth-grade teacher] introduced us to these authors early on and taught us that their literature is important. Langston… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
Our expanding ethnic diversity of this century, a time when we will all be minorities, offers us an invitation to create a… — Ronald Takaki Copy Share Image
If I had to name one book that has had the most lasting influence on my work, I would pick 'The Big… — Pearl Cleage Copy Share Image
When I first knew that I wanted to rap I was seven years old and I lost the talent show. It was… — Rico Nasty Copy Share Image
We expect kids to go straight from Shel Silverstein to William Shakespeare. There needs to be a bridge of relatable, fun, rhythmic… — Kwame Alexander Copy Share Image
I booked my first studio at like 12 or 13. Somewhere in that season of my life, singing along with the radio… — Frank Ocean Copy Share Image
I would love to do an anthology show based on the character of Jesse B. Semple that Langston Hughes wrote about. He's… — Wendell Pierce Copy Share Image
If you're going to get up to Walt Whitman and Robert Frost and Langston Hughes and Sylvia Plath you've got to figure… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
Black Nativity certainly lends itself to reinterpretation. It was kind of designed to be infused with the creativity of whoever is putting… — Kasi Lemmons Copy Share Image
“I am that rose that grew from concrete, I am the ENTIRE mother to son Langston Hughes poem. And I'm still climbing...” — Jaha Knight Copy Share Image
I wanted to pay homage to someone who was such an important literary figure in my life. I think Langston Hughes would… — Kasi Lemmons Copy Share Image
Suicide Note: The calm, Cool face of the river Asked me for a kiss. -Langston Hughes — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
I remember when Langston Hughes used to write a column in black newspapers around this character Jesse B. Semple. He always used… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
In the middle of the next century, when the literary establishment will reflect the multicultural makeup of this country and not be… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
If you think about black art, all black art, whether it's Invisible Man or whether it's James Baldwin, Langston Hughes, Zora Hurston,… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
“Mother to Son Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. It's had tacks in it, And… — Sapphire Copy Share Image
Music and the blues, they have taught me a lot. I think in this book, 'Book Of Hours,' there is this blues… — Kevin Young Copy Share Image
“About the time I was 17 and graduated from high school, I went to Harlem, and that was a most beautiful place… — Oliver W. Harrington Copy Share Image
All black art is always judged to illuminate our experience and prove that our stories and our history and our lives matter.… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
Slowly, after dozens of rejection slips and failures and false starts and postponed dreams - what Langston Hughes called dreams deferred -… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“poet Langston Hughes #6 on top 500 poets Poet's PagePoemsQuotesCommentsStatsE-BooksBiographyVideosShare on FacebookShare on Twitter Poems by Langston Hughes : 21 / 104… — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
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