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Langston Hughes has long been acknowledged as the voice, and his poem, The Negro Speaks of Rivers, the song, of the Harlem Renaissance. Although he was only seventeen when he composed it, Hughes already had the insight to capture in words the strength and courage of black people in America.
Artist E.B. Lewis acts as interpreter and visionary, using watercolor to pay tribute to Hughes's timeless poem, a poem that every child deserves to know.
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Eric Lamoe
reviewed The Negro Speaks of Rivers on October 29, 2019
The Negro Speaks of Rivers
"I've known rivers," begins Langston Hughes' famous poem, The Negro Speaks of Rivers, written when the poet was just twenty years old. A work that would go on to become the anthem, of sorts, of the Harlem Renaissance, it is here made into a picture-book, paired with the stunning artwork of E.B. Lewis, himself a long-time Hughes admirer. This isn't a very long poem, but it speaks volumes - I can never read the line "My soul has grown deep like the rivers," without feeling a shiver down my spine - and Lewis captures its depth of feeling, and its gravitas to perfection.
Rivers run through our lives, and through history, and that is something that Lewis obviously understands, as witnessed by his illustrations, and also by his comments, in his brief afterword, about the importance of water in his life. The self-portrait, in which he depicts himself praying, while submerged (partially?) in water, is particularly powerful, although I also liked the one of the three children at play. With beautiful illustrations and a brilliant poem, what's not to love?
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