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Poet Ray’d Yo: Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, Margaret Walker, Amiri Baraka (Audio)

Feb 24, 2022
Produced by Christopher Funkhouser.

Blending words and sounds, bringing to the airwaves live performances as well as field and studio recordings by writers the host has crossed paths with over the course of a quarter century. In honor of Black History Month, this month’s edition of Poet Ray’d Yo delves into some vinyl that features recordings made by historic black American writers Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, Margaret Walker, Amiri Baraka, and others.