Ode to Neptune
Phillis Wheatley
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LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of Ode to Neptune By Phillis Wheatley.
This was the Weekly Poetry project for June 23, 2024.
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Phillis Wheatley Peters was an American author who is considered the first African-American author of a published book of poetry. Born in West Africa, she was kidnapped and subsequently sold into slavery at the age of seven or eight and transported to North America, where she was bought by the Wheatley family of Boston. After she learned to read and write, they encouraged her poetry when they saw her talent.
Wheatley was emancipated by the Wheatleys shortly after the publication of her book of poems. - Summary by Wikipedia (0 hr 19 min)
Chapters
| Ode to Neptune - Read by ARB | 1:27 | Read by Agnes Robert Behr |
| Ode to Neptune - Read by BK | 1:39 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Ode to Neptune - Read by BWC | 1:20 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
| Ode to Neptune - Read by DL | 1:40 | Read by David Lawrence |
| Ode to Neptune - Read by EL0 | 1:34 | Read by Newgatenovelist |
| Ode to Neptune - Read by IKL | 1:16 | Read by Inkell |
| Ode to Neptune - Read by JBW | 1:27 | Read by jenno |
| Ode to Neptune - Read by KS | 1:29 | Read by KevinS |
| Ode to Neptune - Read by LCW | 1:17 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| Ode to Neptune - Read by LS | 1:30 | Read by LeeSalter |
| Ode to Neptune - Read by RKC | 1:28 | Read by bellemonroe |
| Ode to Neptune - Read by RR | 1:34 | Read by redrun |
| Ode to Neptune - Read by SM | 1:19 | Read by Stacey Malcolm |