The South
By Langston Hughes · Running time 00:11:41 · Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Audio streams directly from the Internet Archive. Recording by LibriVox volunteers (public domain). The text is in the public domain in the USA; please check the copyright laws of your country.
About this book
LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of The South by Langston Hughes. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for June 19, 2022. ------ Langston Hughes was an American poet and social activist, and is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. This poem, with its strong imagery, presents a darker facet of the South than is generally displayed in "nice" poetry. - Summary by TriciaG
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