We are always in dialogue with Langston Hughes' short poem Harlem, first published in 1951. I can hear Hughes in the background of Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963. I hear Hughes’ poetic ...

BlackPoet Ventures, in conjunction with Arizona Theatre Company’s production of A Raisin in the Sun, salutes late poet Langston Hughes (pictured) with an original slam work based on the Hughes poem.

“What happens to a dream deferred?” Langston Hughes asked in his famous poem, “Harlem.” Playwright Jez Butterworth shows us in his heartbreaking, epic play The Hills of California. Only here, dreams ...