Episodes

  • Book of American Negro Poetry-Otto Leland Bohanan, William Stanley Braithwaite, Benjamin Griffith Brawley, James Edwin Campbell

    Book of American Negro Poetry-Otto Leland Bohanan, William Stanley Braithwaite, Benjamin Griffith Brawley, James Edwin Campbell
    Aug 28 2026
    Oak and Ivy" is Paul Laurence Dunbar's first collection of poetry. He was by far the most successful Black American to write poetry in the so-called Negro dialect, although he also wrote a lot of verse in standard diction. His poetry and prose often speaks of the frustrated aspirations of and bleak prospects for African Americans in a white supremacist era. - Summary by TriciaG
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    5 hrs and 5 mins
  • English Bards and Scotch Reviewers-George Gordon, Lord Byron

    English Bards and Scotch Reviewers-George Gordon, Lord Byron
    Aug 27 2026
    Oak and Ivy" is Paul Laurence Dunbar's first collection of poetry. He was by far the most successful Black American to write poetry in the so-called Negro dialect, although he also wrote a lot of verse in standard diction. His poetry and prose often speaks of the frustrated aspirations of and bleak prospects for African Americans in a white supremacist era. - Summary by TriciaG

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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • Poems by Charles Harpur-Charles Harpur

    Poems by Charles Harpur-Charles Harpur
    Aug 26 2026
    Oak and Ivy" is Paul Laurence Dunbar's first collection of poetry. He was by far the most successful Black American to write poetry in the so-called Negro dialect, although he also wrote a lot of verse in standard diction. His poetry and prose often speaks of the frustrated aspirations of and bleak prospects for African Americans in a white supremacist era. - Summary by TriciaG
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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Augustan Books of Modern Poetry Robert Graves-Robert Graves

    Augustan Books of Modern Poetry Robert Graves-Robert Graves
    Aug 25 2026
    Oak and Ivy" is Paul Laurence Dunbar's first collection of poetry. He was by far the most successful Black American to write poetry in the so-called Negro dialect, although he also wrote a lot of verse in standard diction. His poetry and prose often speaks of the frustrated aspirations of and bleak prospects for African Americans in a white supremacist era. - Summary by TriciaG
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    35 mins
  • Kobzar of the Ukraine-Taras Shevchenko

    Kobzar of the Ukraine-Taras Shevchenko
    Aug 24 2026
    Oak and Ivy" is Paul Laurence Dunbar's first collection of poetry. He was by far the most successful Black American to write poetry in the so-called Negro dialect, although he also wrote a lot of verse in standard diction. His poetry and prose often speaks of the frustrated aspirations of and bleak prospects for African Americans in a white supremacist era. - Summary by TriciaG
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    2 hrs and 32 mins
  • Wessex Poems-Thomas Hardy

    Wessex Poems-Thomas Hardy
    Aug 23 2026
    Oak and Ivy" is Paul Laurence Dunbar's first collection of poetry. He was by far the most successful Black American to write poetry in the so-called Negro dialect, although he also wrote a lot of verse in standard diction. His poetry and prose often speaks of the frustrated aspirations of and bleak prospects for African Americans in a white supremacist era. - Summary by TriciaG

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    2 hrs and 11 mins
  • Lancashire Dialogues-John Byrom

    Lancashire Dialogues-John Byrom
    Aug 22 2026
    Oak and Ivy" is Paul Laurence Dunbar's first collection of poetry. He was by far the most successful Black American to write poetry in the so-called Negro dialect, although he also wrote a lot of verse in standard diction. His poetry and prose often speaks of the frustrated aspirations of and bleak prospects for African Americans in a white supremacist era. - Summary by TriciaG
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    32 mins
  • Mountain Interval-Robert Frost

    Mountain Interval-Robert Frost
    Aug 21 2026
    Oak and Ivy" is Paul Laurence Dunbar's first collection of poetry. He was by far the most successful Black American to write poetry in the so-called Negro dialect, although he also wrote a lot of verse in standard diction. His poetry and prose often speaks of the frustrated aspirations of and bleak prospects for African Americans in a white supremacist era. - Summary by TriciaG
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    1 hr and 27 mins