| I, Too, Sing America Lib/E: Three Centuries of African American Poetry Contributor(s): Clinton, Catherine (Author), Bryan, Ashley (Read by), Joshua-Porter, Renee (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1883332575 ISBN-13: 9781883332570 Publisher: Blackstone Publishing OUR PRICE: $26.06 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: April 2010 Annotation: Family Listening -- Ages 10 and up Starting with Lucy Terry of the early eighteenth century and finishing with recent poet laureate Rita Dove, this inspiring anthology captures the enormous talent and passion of black poets. Each of the 25 poets (representing 36 poems) is introduced with biography and poetry notes that help the listener place the work in context. 2 hours. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.08" H x 7" W x 6.56" (0.46 lbs) 2 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Starting with Lucy Terry of the early eighteenth century and finishing with poet laureate Rita Dove, this inspiring anthology edited by Catherine Clinton captures the enormous talent and passion of black poets. Powerful and diverse, I, Too, Sing America is a forum for voices baring their souls, speaking their minds, tracing their roots and proclaiming their dreams. Each of the twenty-five poets is introduced with a brief biography and poetry notes to help the listener place their work in context. Included in the anthology is: - I, Too, Sing America by Langston Hughes - Bars Fight by Lucy Terry - Liberty and Peace by Phillis Wheatley - On Liberty and Slavery by George Moses Horton - Yes Strike Again That Sounding String by James M. Whitfield - Bury Me in a Free Land by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper - The Song of the Smoke by W.E.B. Du Bois - Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing by James Weldon Johnson - We Wear the Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar - The Black Finger by Angelina Weld Grimke - Your World and Interracial by Georgia Douglas Johnson - Children of the Sun by Fenton Johnson - If We Must Die and The White House by Claude McKay - Beehive by Jean Toomer - Heritage and To a Dark Girl by Gwendolyn Bennett - A Black Man Talks of Reaping by Arna Bontemps - Harlem, The Negro Speaks of Rivers, Merry-Go-Round, and Cross by Langston Hughes - Tableau, Saturday's Child, and Incident by Countee Cullen - Sorrow Home by Margaret Walker - Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and We Real Cool by Gwendolyn Brooks - Still I Rise by Maya Angelou - Rites of Passage by Audre Lorde - In the Year by Amiri Baraka - The Funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Nikki Giovanni - Women by Alice Walker - Primer by Rita Dove |
Contributor Bio(s): Joshua-Porter, Renee: - Renee Joshua-Porter is a professional voice-over artist with several audio books to her credit. Clinton, Catherine: -Catherine Clinton is the author of Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom and Fanny Kemble's Civil Wars. Educated at Harvard, Sussex, and Princeton, she is a member of the advisory committee to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, and holds a chair in U.S. history at Queen's University Belfast. Bryan, Ashley: - Ashley Bryan grew up to the sound of his mother singing from morning to night, and he has shared the joy of song with children ever since. A beloved illustrator, he was recently named a Newbery Honoree for his picture book, Freedom Over Me. He has also been the recipient of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award; the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award; has been a May Hill Arbuthnot lecturer; a Coretta Scott King Award winner; and the recipient of countless other awards and recognitions. His books include Freedom Over Me; Sail Away; Beautiful Blackbird; Beat the Story-Drum, Pum Pum; Let It Shine; Ashley Bryan's Book of Puppets; and What a Wonderful World. He lives in Islesford, one of the Cranberry Isles off the coast of Maine. |