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Melvin B. Tolson
Rare 1965 Audio Recording Melvin B. Tolson Reading & Discussing His Work
October 18, 1965 at 8:30pm
Coolidge Auditorium
Part One
Mr. Tolson reads from his collected volumes of verse: Rendezvous with America, Libretto for the Republic of Liberia, and Harlem gallery: Book I, The curator.
Introduced by Lawrence Quincy Mumford (1903 – 1982), the eleventh Librarian of the United States Congress from 1954 to 1974.
From Rendezvous with America: The poet ; Sometimes ; The gallows ; Old houses ; An ex-judge at the bar ; Legend of Versailles ; A primer for today ; The dictionary of the wolf ; The battle of the rattlesnake ; Dark symphony - From Libretto for the Republic of Liberia: In the interlude of peace ; African proverbs -- From Harlem gallery: Book I, The curator: John Henry ; The artist ; Satchmo ; The sea turtle and the shark.
Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress)
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