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Product Identifiers

PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100195091140

ISBN-139780195091144

eBay Product ID (ePID)59634

Product Key Features

Book TitleBlack Misery

Number of Pages72 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1994

TopicLife Sciences / Botany, Humor / General

IllustratorYes, Arouni

GenreJuvenile Nonfiction, Science

AuthorLangston Hughes

Book SeriesThe ^Aiona and Peter Opie Library of Children's Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight8.3 Oz

Item Length5.6 in

Item Width7.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceYoung Adult Audience

LCCN93-049590

Reviews"Hughes's captions for Arouni's watercolor illustrations were written in the heat of the integration battle, but their perceptive snapshots of the more subtle effects of racism do not date."--Times Educational Supplement "Hughes's wry, understated wit, his lyrical honesty about bigotry and hard times...make you grin, even as you wince at their painful truths."--Booklist "Langston Hughes captures the daily trials of growing up black in his endearing but pointed book."--MetroKids, "Hughes's captions for Arouni's watercolor illustrations were written in the heat of the integration battle, but their perceptive snapshots of the more subtle effects of racism do not date."--Times Educational Supplement"Hughes's wry, understated wit, his lyrical honesty about bigotry and hard times...make you grin, even as you wince at their painful truths."--Booklist"Langston Hughes captures the daily trials of growing up black in his endearing but pointed book."--MetroKids, "Hughes's captions for Arouni's watercolor illustrations were written in the heat of the integration battle, but their perceptive snapshots of the more subtle effects of racism do not date."-- Times Educational Supplement "Hughes's wry, understated wit, his lyrical honesty about bigotry and hard times...make you grin, even as you wince at their painful truths."-- Booklist "Langston Hughes captures the daily trials of growing up black in his endearing but pointed book."-- MetroKids

Dewey Edition20

Grade FromFirst Grade

Grade ToUP

Dewey Decimal811/.5/2

SynopsisLangston Hughes was a writer who often made his readers ask hard questions about life. In Black Misery he wrote about prejudice and indifference, but he wrote with humor and compassion. The short but powerful one-sentence captions, along with Arouni's black and white drawings, tell of the predicament of a black child adjusting to the new world of integration of the 1960s. The mix of hope and dismay that characterized that decade is still real and immediate after 25 years. Black Misery, first published in 1969, was the last book that Langston Hughes wrote. He died in May 1967, while working on the manuscript., Black Misery was first published in 1969, but the gentle, funny, and sometimes melancholy words of Langston Hughes still cause a blink of recognition. After 25 years, it remains relevant in our own time. As you turn the pages you may say, "I remember feeling like that!" You may say, "I feel like that now." As you look at Arouni's black and white illustrations and read the short but powerful one sentence captions, you feel the predicament of a black child adjusting to the new world of integration of the 1960s. You feel the mix of hope and dismay that characterized the decade. Langston Hughes was a writer who often made his readers ask hard questions about life. In Black Misery he wrote about prejudice and indifference, but he wrote with humor and compassion. Today--just as we did 25 years ago-we smile and even laugh, and we also understand that some things are more than hard, are more than sad. They are pure misery. Black Misery was the last book that Langston Hughes wrote. He died in May 1967, while working on the manuscript., Black Misery was first published in 1969, but the gentle, funny, and sometimes melancholy words of Langston Hughes still cause a blink of recognition. After 25 years, it remains relevant in our own time. As you turn the pages you may say, "I remember feeling like that " You may say, "I feel like that now." As you look at Arouni's black and white illustrations and read the short but powerful one sentence captions, you feel the predicament of a black child adjusting to the new world of integration of the 1960s. You feel the mix of hope and dismay that characterized the decade. Langston Hughes was a writer who often made his readers ask hard questions about life. In Black Misery he wrote about prejudice and indifference, but he wrote with humor and compassion. Today--just as we did 25 years ago-we smile and even laugh, and we also understand that some things are more than hard, are more than sad. They are pure misery. Black Misery was the last book that Langston Hughes wrote. He died in May 1967, while working on the manuscript.

LC Classification NumberPS3515.U274B5 1994

As told toO'Meally, Robert G.