{"product_id":"2940016970257","title":"The book of American Negro poetry","description":"James Weldon Johnson declares here in his preface that there is a need for African-American poets to \"work out a new and distinctive form of expression,\" and he predicts that \"the undeniable creative genius of the Negro is destined to make a distinctive and valuable contribution to American poetry.\" His anthology went on to become a historic event, for in his selection of the forty poets collected here, he gathered not only the best of the Harlem Renaissance writers, but also the post-World War I poets such as Countee Cullen and Langston Hughes, who went on to challenge racial stereotypes in an effort to be recognized simply as poets.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          ","brand":"New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47071840403696,"sku":"2940016970257","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016970257","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}