Category Archives: Children’s literature
Langston Hughes’s Children Literature
May 31, 2013 My class, “Regional, National, Global,” has no special focus on children’s literature, but it does seem to come up a lot. I think it’s because of Langston Hughes — the uncertain borders of his poetry, holding a … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, African-American literature, African-American music, Children's literature, Cities, collaboration, Educational institutions, Ethnicity, Experimental poetry, jazz, Modernist poetry, Music, print medium, Twentieth century literature, World history
Tagged Arkansas, Bob Ericson, First Book of Africa, Franklin Watts, Langston Hughes, Sarah Robbins, University of Chicago Lab School
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Toni Morrison, Slade Morrison: More Children’s Books
September 12, 2012 Toni Morrison also had trouble with publishers. At least she managed to get it in print — The Big Box, the first of several coauthored with her son Slade, first appeared in Ms. Magazine in 1980 and, … Continue reading
Posted in African-American literature, Children's literature, collaboration, Contemporary novel, Educational institutions, Genre, literary magazaines, Newspapers, print medium, Publishers, Race, Twentieth century literature
Tagged alphabet books, Amazon, Centuries of Childhood, Gertrude Stein, Giselle Potter, Hyperion Books, Jethro Tull, Ms. Magazine, New York Times, Philippe Aries, Slade Morrison, Spice Girls, The Big Box, To Do, Toni Morrison
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Children’s Books, Children’s Songs: Gertrude Stein, Paul Robeson
September 5, 2012 Last year Yale University Press brought out Gertrude Stein’s To Do: A Book for Alphabets and Birthdays, never published in her lifetime. Stein had written it as a follow-up to her first children’s book, The World is … Continue reading
Posted in African-American music, Afro-Asian alliances, Asia, Atlantic, Black-Jewish alliances, Children's literature, China, literary magazaines, Music, Paris, print medium, Publishers, Twentieth century literature, YouTube videos
Tagged alphabet books, genre, Gertrude Stein, Giselle Porter, New Yorker, Paul Robeson, posthumous publication, Tender Buttons, The World is Round, To Do, Yale University Press
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