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You are INVITED
To a most
marvelous
party.
For a most
marvelous man.
A man who turned
the alphabet into
THUMP A BUMP.
Who turned words into
JAZZ into RIVERS into
BUSTIN' A MOVE.
All of his word-children
will be there, uh-huh.
Because it's a party for
LANGSTON.
Langston Hughes.
King o' Letters.
Renaissance Man.
So don't be shy.
Come on in.
To the
Hoopla in Harlem.
EVERYONE is welcome.

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Jason Reynolds

Jason Reynolds

American
JASON REYNOLDS is most definitely a Langston Hughes word-child. His book river includes Stuntboy, in the Meantime; All American Boys; Ghost; Lo... See more
Jarrett Pumphrey

Jarrett Pumphrey

American
Jerome Pumphrey and Jarrett Pumphrey are not only Langston Hughes words-out-of-pictures children, they're brothers! They carve and stomp and stamp o... See more
Jerome Pumphrey

Jerome Pumphrey

American
Jerome Pumphrey and Jarrett Pumphrey are not only Langston Hughes words-out-of-pictures children, they're brothers! They carve and stomp and stamp o... See more

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Reviews

Kirkus Reviews

There Was a Party for Langston: King O' Letters
A bar set stratospherically high and cleared with room to spare.

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