Poetryscapes

Tonight we will be listening to the works of Langston Hughes. Langston Hughes was a prolific writer, he wrote his first book in 1926, and within that time period up until his death in 1967 he devoted his life to writing and using his voice to lecture. He wrote sixteen books of poems, two novels, three collections of short stories, four volumes of "editorial" and "documentary" fiction, twenty plays, children's poetry, musicals, operas, three autobiographies, a dozen radio and television scripts and dozens of magazine articles. His work has appeared in the NAACP publication, Crisis Magazine, Opportunity Magazine and many others. The long and grand list of Hughes' works includes: Not Without Laughter (1930); The Big Sea (1940); I Wonder As I Wander" (1956), his autobiographies. His collections of poetry include: The Weary Blues (1926); The Negro Mother and other Dramatic Recitations (1931); The Dream Keeper (1932); Shakespeare In Harlem (1942); Fields of Wonder (1947); One Way Ticket (1947); The First Book of Jazz (1955); Tambourines To Glory (1958); and Selected Poems (1959); The Best of Simple (1961). He edited several anthologies in an attempt to popularize black authors and their works. Some of these are: An African Treasury (1960); Poems from Black Africa (1963); New Negro Poets: USA (1964) and The Best Short Stories by Negro Writers (1967). --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Tonight we will be listening to the works of the talented Maya Angelou. Maya Angelou was an American poet, memoirist and civil rights activist born in 1928 and died in 2014 at the age of 86. Maya Angelou is a hugely accomplished woman, who has published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry etc. She also received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees. She is most well known for her series of seven autobiographies, the first being I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, which is also a poem of hers that I will be reading tonight. Enjoy. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Tonight we will be listening to the works of the brilliant Max Ehrmann. Max Ehrmann was an American writer and poet born in 1872 and died in 1945 at the age of 73. He is most well know for his prose poem Desiderata which he wrote in 1927. Desiderate will be one of five poems I will be reading tonight, enjoy. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app