{"id":2531,"date":"2013-03-13T14:54:59","date_gmt":"2013-03-13T20:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=2531"},"modified":"2013-03-13T14:55:31","modified_gmt":"2013-03-13T20:55:31","slug":"more-from-sean-qualls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=2531","title":{"rendered":"More from Sean Qualls …"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Stars, \/ Stars, \/ A necklace of stars …”
— Sean’s sample piece for the Estate of Langston Hughes,
before he began work on the book, followed by the book’s final spread<\/em>
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Last week, I chatted briefly with Sean Qualls<\/a><\/strong> about his latest book, Lullaby (For a Black Mother)<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, to be released by Harcourt next week. It’s a picture book adaptation of a Langston Hughes<\/a><\/strong> poem, originally published in 1932. <\/p>\n

The Q&A was here<\/a><\/strong>. Today, I follow up with some art. Enjoy. <\/p>\n

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“My little dark baby, \/ My little earth-thing, \/ My little love-one …”<\/em>
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“Kissing the night.”<\/em>
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“Oh, little dark baby, \/ Night black baby …”<\/em>
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LULLABY (FOR A BLACK MOTHER). Copyright \u00a9 1994 by the Estate of Langston Hughes. Illustrations copyright \u00a9 2013 by Sean Qualls. Published by Harcourt Children\u2019s Books, Boston. All images here used with permission of Sean Qualls.<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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