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There Was a Party for Langston
- Narrated by: Jason Reynolds
- Length: 6 mins
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Publisher's Summary
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.