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by: Langston Hughes, Antonio Frasconi
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.52
EAN: 9780807615508
ISBN: 0807615501
Label: George Brazillern
Manufacturer: George Brazillern
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 1
Publication Date: February 21, 2005
Publisher: George Brazillern
Sales Rank: 1617540
Studio: George Brazillern
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Product Description:
A newly-illustrated edition of the classic poem, used extensively by John Kerry is his Presidential campaign.
World-renowned poet and master of prose Langston Hughes enlightened Americans nationwide when his poem 'Let America Be America Again' appeared in 1936. Today, more than half a century later, this poem's insights into American society and its dream of social justice continue to resonate powerfully among readers. In celebration of the poem's inspiring message, artist Antonio Frasconi illustrated Hughes' poem with thirty-two woodcuts in an extraordinary limited-edition artist's book, adding a rich visual dimension to the poet's verses. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., noted scholar and W. E. B. Du Bois Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University, contributed a foreword.
A popular edition of this work, Let America Be America Again brings their important collaboration to a wider audience, faithfully reproducing the intricacy and subtlety of Frasconi's prints. Each coupling of image and stanza conveys Hughes'—and Frasconi's—dream of justice for all with compelling force. A call to fulfill this country's potential for greatness, Let America Be America Again will touch every American who reads its pages.
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Rating: - A Wonderful Poem, But A Nearly Unreadable Edition
"Let America Be America Again" is a poem which sprang from the life of African American writer Langston Hughes in the 1930s, during the Harlem Renaissance. A beautiful poem that was meant to speak to all men and women of every race and creed. The poem sings, but the edition, illustrated with woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi, is very difficult to physically read. The font used for the text looks like an artist's brush dipped in paint and used on an inner city brick wall. This isn't a problem, actually, ... Read More
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