This is Jason Reynolds’s first picture book we’re talking about, and it’s about Langston Hughes! We so badly wanted to do right by him and Langston.” Jerome added, “It was connecting ...

The young adult and middle grade author's debut picture book, 'There Was a Party for Langston,' is out now Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, where she writes for both ...

Hughes himself wasn’t in attendance that night (he died in 1967), but Reynolds and the brothers Pumphrey fill their book with enough love of Langston ... on the book’s cover with a camera ...

Langston Hughes. His ABCs became drums, bumping jumping thumping like a heart the size of the whole country. They sent some people yelling and others, his word-children, to write their own glory.

Jason Reynolds has set his latest book, aptly, in a library. It’s not a quiet library but a place where you can kick up your heels among the stacks. Reynolds, a former national ambassador for ...

"There Was a Party for Langston" promises to revel along with great writers who celebrated Hughes at a pivotal moment in his legacy. Featuring illustrations from the Pumphrey brothers, the book ...

Brown and writer Langston Hughes met in the 1930s at Karamu House, where Brown was an actor and graphic artist and Hughes a playwright. Their friendship evolved into a partnership as they tried to ...

Langston Hughes wasn’t just a famous Black poet, novelist, playwright, and reporter who helped define New York City’s Harlem Renaissance—he was also an activist that reflected the ...