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By Arnold Rampersad (introduced by)

Hardcover:

9780871403353 | Liveright Pub Corp, January 14, 2013, cover price $22.95

Paperback:

9780871406859 | Liveright Pub Corp, September 23, 2013, cover price $15.95

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By Arnold Rampersad (other contributor)

Paperback:

9780871406798 | Reprint edition (Liveright Pub Corp, April 1, 2013), cover price $18.95

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By David Roessel (editor)

Prebinding:

9781439571736 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, November 5, 2008), cover price $28.95 | also contains The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes

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A critical biography of the author of Invisible Man draws on access to Ellison's personal papers to offer a definitive study of the life, work, and influence of Ralph Ellison, detailing his poverty-stricken Oklahoma youth, his education and involvement in New York's liberal intellectual circles, his personal relationships, and the influence of racism on his life. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

Hardcover:

9780375408274 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, April 17, 2007, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: The definitive biography of an important American cultural intellectual of the twentieth century--Ralph Ellison, author of the masterpiece Invisible Man.

Paperback:

9780375707988 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, January 8, 2008), cover price $17.95 | About this edition: A critical biography of the author of Invisible Man draws on access to Ellison's personal papers to offer a definitive study of the life, work, and influence of Ralph Ellison, detailing his poverty-stricken Oklahoma youth, his education and involvement in New York's liberal intellectual circles, his personal relationships, and the influence of racism on his life.

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'Contributors reexamine the continuing relevance of Langston Hughes's work and life to American, African American, and diasporic literatures and cultures. Includes fresh perspectives on the often overlooked 'Luani of the Jungles,' Black Magic, and works for children, as well as Hughes's more familiar fiction, poetry, essays, dramas, and other writings'--Provided by publisher.
By Cheryl R. Ragar (editor), Arnold Rampersad (foreword by) and John Edgar Tidwell (editor)

Hardcover:

9780826217165 | Univ of Missouri Pr, May 31, 2007, cover price $50.00 | About this edition: 'Contributors reexamine the continuing relevance of Langston Hughes's work and life to American, African American, and diasporic literatures and cultures.

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By Arnold Rampersad (introduced by)

Paperback:

9780199384129 | Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, March 1, 2014, cover price $25.00

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An addition to a poetry series looks at one of the central figures in the Harlem Renaissance, offering a biography of Langston Hughes and many annotated samples of his work.
By Benny Andrews (illustrator), Langston Hughes, Arnold Rampersad (editor) and David E. Roessel (editor)

Hardcover:

9781402718458 | Sterling Pub Co Inc, April 28, 2006, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A brief profile of African American poet Langston Hughes accompanies some of his better known poems for children.

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A definitive literary portrait of contrasting visions and styles covers the key issues important to the African-American experience, including poetry on slavery, the South; protest and resistance, music and religion, spirituality, sexuality and love, and the idea of Africa.
By Hilary Herbold (editor) and Arnold Rampersad (editor)

Hardcover:

9780195125634 | Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, October 1, 2005, cover price $45.00 | About this edition: A literary portrait of contrasting visions and styles covers the key issues important to the African-American experience, including poetry on slavery, the South, protest and resistance, music and religion, spirituality, sexuality and love, and the idea of Africa.

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By Arnold Rampersad (introduced by)

Paperback:

9789990221329 | Harpercollins, August 30, 2005, cover price $0.02

Prebinding:

9781435293403 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, May 29, 2008), cover price $23.95

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The late tennis champion and social activist remembers his experiences in the segregated South of his youth, his triumphs on the court, his family and religious life, and his struggle with AIDS

Reinforced:

9780606310840 | Demco Media, August 30, 2004, cover price $16.80 | About this edition: The late tennis champion and social activist remembers his experiences in the segregated South of his youth, his triumphs on the court, his family and religious life, and his struggle with AIDS

Hardcover:

9780195219364 | 2 edition (Oxford Univ Pr, December 5, 2002), cover price $79.90

A biography of the Harlem poet whose works gave voice to the joy and pain of the black experience in America. (view table of contents)

Hardcover:

9780735102712 | Replica Books, June 1, 2002, cover price $32.00
9780195151602, titled "The Life of Langston Hughes: 1902-1941, I, Too, Sing America" | 2 edition (Oxford Univ Pr, January 10, 2002), cover price $39.95 | About this edition: A biography of the Harlem poet whose works gave voice to the joy and pain of the black experience in America.

By R. Baxter Miller (editor) and Arnold Rampersad (introduced by)

Hardcover:

9780826214119 | Univ of Missouri Pr, June 1, 2002, cover price $55.00

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A biography of the Harlem poet whose works gave voice to the joy and pain of the black experience in America.

Paperback:

9780195146424 | 2 edition (Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, January 10, 2002), cover price $34.99 | About this edition: A biography of the Harlem poet whose works gave voice to the joy and pain of the black experience in America.

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A biography of the Harlem poet whose works gave voice to the joy and pain of the black experience in America.

Hardcover:

9780195151619, titled "The Life of Langston Hughes: 1941-1967, I Dream a World" | 2 edition (Oxford Univ Pr, January 10, 2002), cover price $39.95 | About this edition: A biography of the Harlem poet whose works gave voice to the joy and pain of the black experience in America.
9780195045192 | Oxford Univ Pr, October 1, 1988, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Traces the life of the black American poet from the 1940s to his death in 1967

Paperback:

9780195061697, titled "The Life of Langston Hughes, 1941-1967: I Dream a World" | Reprint edition (Oxford Univ Pr, September 21, 1989), cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Traces the life of the black American poet from the 1940s to his death in 1967

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A biography of the Harlem poet whose works gave voice to the joy and pain of the black experience in America. (view table of contents)

Paperback:

9780195146431 | 2 edition (Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, January 10, 2002), cover price $34.99 | About this edition: A biography of the Harlem poet whose works gave voice to the joy and pain of the black experience in America.

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Product Description: Volume 3 collects the poems of the last period of Hughes's life. Montage of a Dream Deferred (1951) brilliantly fused the modernist dissonances of bebop jazz with his perception of Harlem life as both a triumph of hope and a deepening crisis ("What happens to a dream deferred?")...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Hardcover:

9780826213419 | Univ of Missouri Pr, June 1, 2001, cover price $45.00 | About this edition: Volume 3 collects the poems of the last period of Hughes's life.

Hardcover:

9780826213402 | Univ of Missouri Pr, May 1, 2001, cover price $45.00

Hardcover:

9780826213396 | Univ of Missouri Pr, May 1, 2001, cover price $45.00

Paperback:

9780395980767 | Mariner Books, July 1, 2000, cover price $8.50 | also contains B.o.o. 1

A detailed biography of the African American baseball player who broke the color line in professional baseball, and describes the historical context of his life

Prebinding:

9780613173162 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $25.75 | About this edition: A detailed biography of the African American baseball player who broke the color line in professional baseball, and describes the historical context of his life

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Featuring never-before-published photographs and documents from the Robinson family archives, an unparalleled, critically acclaimed biography of Jackie Robinson captures the complexity and strength of character of the African-American hero. Reprint. NYT. PW.

Hardcover:

9780679444954 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, September 1, 1997, cover price $27.50 | About this edition: A portrait of one of baseball's most celebrated players chronicles the life of Jackie Robinson from his rural Southern childhood to his early career in the Negro Leagues to his role as the man who broke professional baseball's color barrier

Paperback:

9780345426550 | Ballantine Books, September 1, 1998, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: A detailed biography of the African American baseball player who broke the color line in professional baseball, and describes the historical context of his life
9780679774334 | Large print edition (Random House Large Print, October 1, 1997), cover price $27.50 | About this edition: A detailed biography of the African American baseball player who broke the color line in professional baseball, and describes the historical context of his life
9780783881317 | Large print edition (G K Hall & Co, July 1, 1997), cover price $27.50 | About this edition: The extraordinary life of Jackie Robinson is illuminated as never before in this full-scale biography by Arnold Rampersad, who was chosen by Jack's widow, Rachel, to tell her husband's story, and was given unprecedented access to his private papers.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780679460077 | Random House, September 1, 1997, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: A portrait of one of baseball's most celebrated players chronicles the life of Jackie Robinson from his rural Southern childhood to his early career in the Negro Leagues to his role as the man who broke professional baseball's color barrier.

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