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FORMAT: New CD • UPC: 093074504420
GENRE: Poetry • RECORD LABEL: Smithsonian Folkways
RELEASE DATE: 05/30/12

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Arna Bontemps - An Anthology of African American Poetry (CD)

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Arna Bontemps - An Anthology of African American Poetry (CD)

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Arna Bontemps's readings of poems by Sterling Brown, Langston Hughes, and Claude McKay highlight this compilation. Chosen for their ability to engage and entertain children, the selections are drawn from Bontemps's well-known book, Golden Slippers (Harpers). "These are kind and gentle poems." - AudioFile.

Tracklist:

  1. Paul Lawrence Dunbar: Dawn
  2. Langston Hughes: Youth
  3. Did You Feed My Cow?
  4. Bed Bug
  5. Precious Things
  6. I'm A Round Town Gent/Take Yo' Time Miss Lucy
  7. Beatrice M. Murphy: Signs
  8. Waring Cuney: No Images
  9. Langston Hughes: Florida Road Workers
  10. Waring Cuney: Troubled Jesus
  11. Langston Hughes: Ma Lord
  12. Countee Cullen: For My Grandmother
  13. Arna Bontemps: Miracles
  14. Claude McKay: Spring In New Hampshire
  15. Claude McKay: Home Thoughts
  16. Countee Cullen: Brown Boy And Girl Under The Mistletoe
  17. Wesley Curtright: Heart Of The Woods
  18. Frank Horne: To James
  19. Arna Bontemps: Dark Girl
  20. Langston Hughes: In The Time Of Silver Rain
  21. Countee Cullen: Red
  22. Josephine Copeland: New Orleans - Zulu King (At Mardi Gras)
  23. Claude McKay: Tropics In New York
  24. Langston Hughes: Trip - San Francisco
  25. Fenton Johnson: Rulers, Philadelphia
  26. Langston Hughes: Heaven - The City Called Heaven
  27. Claude McKay: The Spanish Needle
  28. Langston Hughes: The Snail
  29. Countee Cullen: The Unknown Color
  30. Claude McKay: North And South
  31. Sterling Brown: Sister Lou
  32. Fenton Johnson: Aunt Jane Allen
  33. Fenton Johnson: The Banjo Player
  34. Langston Hughes: Alabama Earth (At Booker Washington's Grave)
  35. Countee Cullen: For A Lady I Know
  36. Sterling Brown: After Winter
  37. Langston Hughes: Winter Sweetness
  38. George Douglas Johnson: My Little Dreams
  39. Countee Cullen: For A Poet
  40. Langston Hughes: Dreams
  41. Arna Bontemps: Day Breakers

UPC: 093074504420
Label: Smithsonian Folkways
Release Date: 5.30.12
Format: CD

TRACK LIST

Tracklist:

  1. Paul Lawrence Dunbar: Dawn
  2. Langston Hughes: Youth
  3. Did You Feed My Cow?
  4. Bed Bug
  5. Precious Things
  6. I'm A Round Town Gent/Take Yo' Time Miss Lucy
  7. Beatrice M. Murphy: Signs
  8. Waring Cuney: No Images
  9. Langston Hughes: Florida Road Workers
  10. Waring Cuney: Troubled Jesus
  11. Langston Hughes: Ma Lord
  12. Countee Cullen: For My Grandmother
  13. Arna Bontemps: Miracles
  14. Claude McKay: Spring In New Hampshire
  15. Claude McKay: Home Thoughts
  16. Countee Cullen: Brown Boy And Girl Under The Mistletoe
  17. Wesley Curtright: Heart Of The Woods
  18. Frank Horne: To James
  19. Arna Bontemps: Dark Girl
  20. Langston Hughes: In The Time Of Silver Rain
  21. Countee Cullen: Red
  22. Josephine Copeland: New Orleans - Zulu King (At Mardi Gras)
  23. Claude McKay: Tropics In New York
  24. Langston Hughes: Trip - San Francisco
  25. Fenton Johnson: Rulers, Philadelphia
  26. Langston Hughes: Heaven - The City Called Heaven
  27. Claude McKay: The Spanish Needle
  28. Langston Hughes: The Snail
  29. Countee Cullen: The Unknown Color
  30. Claude McKay: North And South
  31. Sterling Brown: Sister Lou
  32. Fenton Johnson: Aunt Jane Allen
  33. Fenton Johnson: The Banjo Player
  34. Langston Hughes: Alabama Earth (At Booker Washington's Grave)
  35. Countee Cullen: For A Lady I Know
  36. Sterling Brown: After Winter
  37. Langston Hughes: Winter Sweetness
  38. George Douglas Johnson: My Little Dreams
  39. Countee Cullen: For A Poet
  40. Langston Hughes: Dreams
  41. Arna Bontemps: Day Breakers

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