The Negro Speaks of Rivers by Langston Hughes

[kellyrfineman]

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[docstymie]

[kellyrfineman]

ACK! Not that I don't love E.B. White, but he's a dead author, not a living illustrator!

[kellyrfineman]

It's a patterned response.

[rumphius]

I saw this while perusing the poetry shelf at B&N (which is pitifully lacking). As much as I love Hughes, I was so turned off to see Disney on cover that I didn't open the book. Drat. Now I must go back and look.

[kellyrfineman]

It's a Hyperion book, which is owned by Disney. The artwork is absolutely breathtaking, in my opinion.

[ex_kmessner]

This book looks gorgeous! I've always loved this poem, but I'm newly enchanted with it, ever since Ashley Bryan performed it in his keynote address at Kinding Words - he was amazing.

[kellyrfineman]

The illustrations in the book are really, truly gorgeous. And I'd love to hear Ashley Bryan perform it.

[ex_kmessner]

Kindling. With an L. As in lament. As in lamenting the fact that one cannot edit comments, even the second after one hits "post comment."

[kellyrfineman]

Weird - I can edit my comments. Then again, I have a paid account, so I never see any advertising on LJ either.

[kellyrfineman]

Quite possibly nobody bothered to tell Betsy - thank goodness Doc said something! (I had two instances of "White" instead of "Lewis" - one at the start of the post and one at the end. It's a patterned response, of course, and not an intentional slight - I'd have a problem typing "J.K. Cruthers" or something too.