The Panther & the Lash
The Panther & the Lash by Langston Hughes is a reissue published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group on February 4, 1992. This collection of 128 pages presents Hughes’s last poems, reflecting on the experiences of Black Americans through a voice that resonates with urgency and depth. The work captures Hughes’s engagement with the racial politics of the 1960s, showcasing his ability to address complex social issues with both irony and power.
Readers will find a range of poems that tackle significant themes, including racial identity and social justice. Notable pieces such as “Prime,” “Motto,” and “Dream Deferred” exemplify Hughes’s poignant exploration of the struggles faced by African Americans. This edition serves as a testament to Hughes’s legacy as a vital figure in American poetry, offering insights into the historical context and emotional landscape of his time.
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Hughes’s last collection of poems commemorates the experience of Black Americans in a voice that no reader could fail to hear—the last testament of a great American writer who grappled fearlessly and artfully with the most compelling issues of his time.
“Langston Hughes is a titanic figure in 20th-century American literature … a powerful interpreter of the American experience.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer
From the publication of his first book in 1926, Langston Hughes was America’s acknowledged poet of color. Here, Hughes’s voice—sometimes ironic, sometimes bitter, always powerful—is more pointed than ever before, as he explicitly addresses the racial politics of the sixties in such pieces as “Prime,” “Motto,” “Dream Deferred,” “Frederick Douglass: 1817-1895,” “Still Here,” “Birmingham Sunday.” ” History,” “Slave,” “Warning,” and “Daybreak in Alabama.”
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