Christmas in the Heart
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Christmas in the Heart by Paul Laurence Dunbar.
This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for December 10, 2023.
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Dunbar became the first African-American poet to earn national distinction and acceptance. The New York Times called him "a true singer of the people, white or black." Frederick Douglass once referred to Dunbar as, "one of the sweetest songsters his race has produced and a man of whom [he hoped] great things." - Summary by Wikipedia
This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for December 10, 2023.
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Dunbar became the first African-American poet to earn national distinction and acceptance. The New York Times called him "a true singer of the people, white or black." Frederick Douglass once referred to Dunbar as, "one of the sweetest songsters his race has produced and a man of whom [he hoped] great things." - Summary by Wikipedia