In the midst of the second act of Quantum Theatre’s “Seagull” on Sunday night, I was reminded of the first half of the Langston Hughes poem “Dreams”: “Hold fast to dreams / For if dreams die / Life is ...

Chip Williford, the director and co-host of the Riverhead-based Poetry Street, has been named Suffolk County Poet Laureate. The appointment of Williford as Suffolk County’s 12th poet laureate earlier ...

At a loss for words? Poetry expresses the feelings we struggle to convey. Open any poetry book for proof: You’ll find love poems for romantic moments, silly rhymes for kids and limericks for when you ...

In 1935 Langston Hughes wrote the 18 stanza poem “Let America Be America Again.” I thought the second stanza was particularly appropriate for our Independence Day celebration on the Fourth of July.

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People often describe Isaac Julien’s video installations and films as “poetic,” but there were moments in “Isaac Julien: I Dream a World,” the major retrospective at the de Young, when I felt as if I ...

MANCHESTER – Manchester Community Library will welcome Manhattan-based poet and actor David Mills in April, who will bring three unique programs to the community. In partnership with Vermont ...

JOPLIN, Mo. — A new exhibit at the Joplin History Museum is dedicated to Joplin native and African American poet, Langston Hughes. “He went on to do amazing and great things,” said Chris Wiseman, ...

The Langston Hughes Review publishes articles, reviews, creative writing, and visual art on Langston Hughes and topics related to his life and writings. Founded in 1981, the Langston Hughes Society ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Obverse Image: Bust of Hughes facing ...

“I’ve known rivers:/ I’ve known rivers ancient as the world,” Hughes’s poem begins; like the poem, Lewis’s radiant watercolors convey great depth. Rivers all over the world—the Congo, the Euphrates, ...

The Joplin History & Mineral Museum is proud to announce the opening of a temporary exhibit, titled “Harlem Renaissance and the Renaissance Man.” Visitors can see this exhibit at the museum through ...