The Poet and The Baby


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What struck me in reading Mr. Dunbar's poetry was what had already struck his friends in Ohio and Indiana, in Kentucky and Illinois. They had felt, as I felt, that however gifted his race had proven itself in music, in oratory, in several of the other arts, here was the first instance of an American negro who had evinced innate distinction in literature. (W.D. Howells in the Introduction to The Compete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar) (0 hr 21 min)

Chapters

The Poet and The Baby - Read by BK 1:10 Read by Bruce Kachuk
The Poet and The Baby - Read by DL 1:08 Read by David Lawrence
The Poet and The Baby - Read by FH 1:06 Read by Foon
The Poet and The Baby - Read by GB 1:13 Read by Garth Burton
The Poet and The Baby - Read by GRS 1:05 Read by Graham Scott
The Poet and The Baby - Read by HYP 1:01 Read by Hypatia
The Poet and The Baby - Read by JEF 1:08 Read by Jennifer Fournier
The Poet and The Baby - Read by JH 1:16 Read by Jude
The Poet and The Baby - Read by KMB 0:57 Read by Kirsten Bradby
The Poet and The Baby - Read by LAH 1:11 Read by Lee Ann Howlett
The Poet and The Baby - Read by LCW 0:57 Read by Larry Wilson
The Poet and The Baby - Read by MPE 1:05 Read by Mark Ernest
The Poet and The Baby - Read by MTB 1:06 Read by Matt Bounds
The Poet and The Baby - Read by ND 1:05 Read by Nan Dodge
The Poet and The Baby - Read by PS 1:03 Read by Phil Schempf
The Poet and The Baby - Read by RAJ 1:06 Read by RajVO
The Poet and The Baby - Read by TEN 1:02 Read by Thomas Ermon
The Poet and The Baby - Read by TP 1:12 Read by Tomas Peter
The Poet and The Baby - Read by VB 1:13 Read by tovarisch