| Description |
1 audio disc (54 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
005400 |
| Performer |
Performed by Gwendolyn Brooks. |
| Note |
Unabridged. |
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Compact disc. |
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Recorded originally for Caedmon in 1973. |
| Summary |
"Pulitzer Prize winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks reads 27 of her best poems, including 'Do not be afraid of no,' 'The bean eaters,' 'Riot,' and 'The sermon on the warpland,' in a quiet, forceful manner that underscores the raw vigor of her writing, centered on the daily lives of black people in bleak cities"--Container. |
| Contents |
(from A street in Bronzeville): Kitchenette building (:57) -- Obituary for a living lady (1:49) -- Sadie and Maud (:48) -- Matthew Cole (1:17) -- The vacant lot (:34) -- Queen of the blues (2:22) -- The mother (2:05) -- The Sundays of Satin-Legs Smith (9:13) (from Annie Allen) : The parents: people like our marriage Maxie and Andrew (:39) -- Do not be afraid of no (1:30) -- "Pygmies are pygmies still, though percht on Alps" (:45) -- The rites for Cousin Vit (1:01) -- Leaves from a loose-leaf war diary (1:29) -- The children of the poor (4:46) (from The bean eaters) -- My little 'Bout-town gal (:39) -- The bean eaters (:47) -- Old Mary (:16) -- The lovers of the poor (6:38) -- A man of the middle class (2:36) -- Kid Bruin (:33) -- The ghost at the Quincy Club (:51) (from Selected poems): Garbageman: the man with the orderly mind (1:00) -- Weaponed woman (:28). (from Black expression Vol. 1, no. 1): Riot (2:16). (from In America): Gang girls (1:56) -- The wall (2:20) -- The sermon on the warpland (1:30). |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Local Note |
EWPLBKSCD |
| Subject |
Women poets, American -- Poetry.
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American poetry.
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African American poets -- Poetry.
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African American women poets -- Poetry.
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| ISBN |
0060878762 |
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9780060878764 |
| Music No. |
CD 1244(1) Harper Audio |
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