{"product_id":"the-weary-blues-not-without-laughter-the-ways-of-white-folks-hardcover","title":"The Weary Blues; Not Without Laughter; The Ways of White Folks - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLangston Hughes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJoshua Bennett\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA major hardcover compendium of poetry and fiction by the legendary Black American poet of the Harlem Renaissance\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of the most important writers to emerge from the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes may be best known as a poet, but he was also a brilliant storyteller, blending elements of blues and jazz, speech and song, into a triumphant and wholly original idiom. Perhaps more than any other writer, Langston Hughes made the white America of the 1920s and 1930s aware of the Black culture thriving in its midst. Hughes's poetry and fiction works are messages from that America, sharply etched vignettes of its daily life, cruelly accurate portrayals of Black and white collisions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis Everyman's Library compendium comprises Hughes's debut poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Weary Blues\u003c\/i\u003e, which catapulted him into literary stardom at just twenty-four years old; his award-winning debut novel, \u003ci\u003eNot Without Laughter\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 1930 to critical raves; and his 1933 collection of short stories \u003ci\u003eThe Ways of White Folks\u003c\/i\u003e, currently only available in Vintage Classics trade paperback. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEveryman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLangston Hughes (1902-1967), one of the great poets of the Harlem Renaissance, was born in Joplin, Missouri, and spent much of his childhood in Kansas before moving to Harlem. He wrote poetry, short stories, novels, an autobiography, songs, essays, and plays. Among his numerous awards and honors were a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1935, a Rosenwald Fellowship in 1940, and an American Academy of Arts and Letters Grant in 1947. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Introducer: \u003c\/b\u003e Dr. Joshua Bennett is a poet and scholar who has won numerous awards for his work on the classics of Black American literature. As both a teacher and student of Langston Hughes's work, as well as the work of his contemporaries, we're thrilled to have him on board to write this introduction. Dr. Bennett is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sobbing School \u003c\/i\u003e(Penguin, 2016)--which was a National Poetry Series selection and a finalist for an NAACP Image Award. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eBeing Property Once Myself \u003c\/i\u003e(Harvard University Press, 2020), \u003ci\u003eOwed \u003c\/i\u003e(Penguin, 2020), \u003ci\u003eThe Study of Human Life \u003c\/i\u003e(Penguin, 2022) and \u003ci\u003eSpoken Word: A Cultural History \u003c\/i\u003e(Knopf, 2023). He has received fellowships and awards from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Whiting Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Society of Fellows at Harvard University. He is a Professor of Literature and Distinguished Chair of the Humanities at MIT.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 600\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.1 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 13, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52020042531117,"sku":"9798217007769","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/the-weary-blues-not-without-laughter-the-ways-of-white-folks-hardcover-5569873.webp?v=1777439528","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-weary-blues-not-without-laughter-the-ways-of-white-folks-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}