A poem from African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song, edited by Kevin Young (2020):
reading/video:
Thursday, October 29, 2020
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
New Anthology of African American Poetry
Kevin Young has edited a new anthology of African American poetry--just published by the Library of America. It includes poets not usually seen in anthologies as well as poems not usually seen by poets we're accustomed to seeing. It's a great book.
African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song (LOA #333): A Library of America Anthology (The Library of America) edited by Kevin Young
Sunday, October 25, 2020
"It's This Way," by Nazim Hikmet
Reading/video of a short poem by Nazim Hikmet, poet and political prisoner in post-WWII Turkey.
Saturday, October 24, 2020
"To a President," by Walt Whitman
Reading/video of a short poem by Walt Whitman--the poem is directed to James Buchanan, widely thought to be the worst president in American history:
"Woods," by Wendell Berry
Reading/video of a short poem by farmer, environmentalist, poet, and essayist Wendell Berry:
Friday, October 23, 2020
"Once the Wind," by Shake Keane
Reading/video of a short poem by Ellsworth McGlanahan "Shake" Keane (1927-1997), jazz trumpeter and poet from the island of St. Vincent:
Thursday, October 22, 2020
"The Old Marrieds," by Gwendolyn Brooks
Short poem by the Pulitzer Prize winning poet Brooks (1917-2000)--and a rare poem that begins with the word "But."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25Ew31iICl4
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
"The Thing," by William Carlos Williams
A little weary of your phone? Williams sympathizes. Video/reading:
Monday, October 19, 2020
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