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The most prominent member of the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes was one then most influential and most beloved American poets of the 20th century.

Contained in this volume are 860 poems that sound the heartbeat of black life in America during five turbulent decades.

From his first published poem, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" at the age of 19, to his posthumously published final collection The Panther and the Lamb, Langston Hughes, once called "the original jazz poet" above all sang of the African American people.

This volume is, according to the Boston Globe "The Perfect book for both dabbler and serious scholar...[Hughes] is sumptuous and sharp, playful and sparse, grounded in an earthy music...This book is a glorious revelation."