Anthology of Negro Poets (Audio recording)
Item
Title
Anthology of Negro Poets (Audio recording)
This edition
"Anthology of Negro Poets" . Ed. Arna Bontemps. Folkways Records (FL 9791), 1954. 33 1/3 rpm phonograph record. CD, 2004.
Online access
● Internet Archive
Table of contents
Featuring readings by Langston Hughes, Sterling Brown, Claud McKay, Countee Cullen, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Margaret Walker
Side 1:
Langston Hughes reading:
● I Have Known Rivers
● I, Too
Sterling Brown reading:
● Long Gone
● Ma Rainey
Claude McKay reading:
● St. Isaac's Church
● The Tropics in New York
● If We Must Die (Introduction)
● If We Must Die
Countee Cullen reading:
● Heritage
Side 2:
Margaret Walker reading:
● For My People
● Old Molley Means
● Kissie Lee
● Stackalee
● John Henry
Gwendolyn Brooks reading:
● Kitchenette
● Song of the Front Yard
● The Preacher Ruminates
● The Children of the Poor (Sonnet No. 2)
● Old Laughter
● Beverly Hills, Chicago
Side 1:
Langston Hughes reading:
● I Have Known Rivers
● I, Too
Sterling Brown reading:
● Long Gone
● Ma Rainey
Claude McKay reading:
● St. Isaac's Church
● The Tropics in New York
● If We Must Die (Introduction)
● If We Must Die
Countee Cullen reading:
● Heritage
Side 2:
Margaret Walker reading:
● For My People
● Old Molley Means
● Kissie Lee
● Stackalee
● John Henry
Gwendolyn Brooks reading:
● Kitchenette
● Song of the Front Yard
● The Preacher Ruminates
● The Children of the Poor (Sonnet No. 2)
● Old Laughter
● Beverly Hills, Chicago
Reviews and notices of anthology
• n/a
See also
• "Golden Slippers: An Anthology of Negro Poetry for Young Readers", ed. Arna Bontemps (1941) [see above]
Item Number
A0055