app03 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 13:20:29 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Poetry For All - Episodes Tagged with “Twentieth Century” https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/tags/twentieth%20century Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:00:00 -0400 This podcast is for those who already love poetry and for those who know very little about it. In this podcast, we read a poem, discuss it, see what makes it tick, learn how it works, grow from it, and then read it one more time. Introducing our brand new Poetry For All website: https://poetryforallpod.com! Please visit the new website to learn more about our guests, search for thematic episodes (ranging from Black History Month to the season of autumn), and subscribe to our newsletter. en-us episodic Finding Our Way Into Great Poems Joanne Diaz and Abram Van Engen This podcast is for those who already love poetry and for those who know very little about it. In this podcast, we read a poem, discuss it, see what makes it tick, learn how it works, grow from it, and then read it one more time. Introducing our brand new Poetry For All website: https://poetryforallpod.com! Please visit the new website to learn more about our guests, search for thematic episodes (ranging from Black History Month to the season of autumn), and subscribe to our newsletter. no poetry, poems, literature, teaching, education Joanne Diaz and Abram Van Engen vanengen@wustl.edu Episode 113: Langston Hughes, Theme for English B https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/113 eb110f60-3770-49a8-800d-3a2eae6f5122 Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:00:00 -0400 Joanne Diaz and Abram Van Engen full Joanne Diaz and Abram Van Engen In this episode, we read one of Langston Hughes's most famous poems. We discuss Hughes's conversational style, how he evokes the topography of Harlem, and the way the poetic speaker addresses the power dynamics of the classroom. 24:36 no <p>In this episode, we read one of Langston Hughes's most famous poems. We discuss Hughes's conversational style, how he evokes the topography of Harlem, and the way the poetic speaker addresses the complexity of the power dynamics in the classroom. </p> <p>You can read the text of this poem <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47880/theme-for-english-b" rel="nofollow noopener">here</a>.</p> <p>To learn more about Langston Hughes, visit the <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/langston-hughes" rel="nofollow noopener">Poetry Foundation website</a>.</p> <p>Thanks to Harold Ober Associates for granting us permission to read and discuss this poem. </p> African American, twentieth century, free verse, Black History Month, Harlem Renaissance, city, dialogue In this episode, we read one of Langston Hughes's most famous poems. We discuss Hughes's conversational style, how he evokes the topography of Harlem, and the way the poetic speaker addresses the complexity of the power dynamics in the classroom.

You can read the text of this poem here.

To learn more about Langston Hughes, visit the Poetry Foundation website.

Thanks to Harold Ober Associates for granting us permission to read and discuss this poem.

]]> In this episode, we read one of Langston Hughes's most famous poems. We discuss Hughes's conversational style, how he evokes the topography of Harlem, and the way the poetic speaker addresses the complexity of the power dynamics in the classroom.

You can read the text of this poem here.

To learn more about Langston Hughes, visit the Poetry Foundation website.

Thanks to Harold Ober Associates for granting us permission to read and discuss this poem.

]]> Episode 86: Gwendolyn Bennett, I Build America https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/86 59b84c7e-84be-4607-a410-4e9e6699427a Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:00:00 -0500 Joanne Diaz and Abram Van Engen full 6 Joanne Diaz and Abram Van Engen Gwendolyn Bennett was a poet, journalist, editor, and activist whose contributions helped to fuel the Harlem Renaissance. In this episode, we read "I Build America," a poem that exposes and critiques the exploitation and suffering of ordinary workers. 25:19 no <p>Gwendolyn Bennett was a poet, journalist, editor, and activist whose contributions helped to fuel the Harlem Renaissance. In this episode, we read "I Build America," a poem that exposes and critiques the exploitation and suffering of ordinary workers. </p> <p>To learn more about Gwendolyn Bennett, see <a href="https://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-08096-3.html?srsltid=AfmBOoq8tb3m52BjI0wdtoiguILdKqt-HT2PdahVAq938K08Uj20668V" rel="nofollow noopener"><em>Heroine of the Harlem Renaissance and Beyond: Gwendolyn Bennett's Selected Writings</em></a>, edited by Belinda Wheeler and Louis J. Parascandola (Pennsylvania State University Press, 2018). Thanks to Pennsylvania State University Press for granting us permission to read this poem.</p> <p>You can also click <a href="https://poets.org/poet/gwendolyn-bennett" rel="nofollow noopener">here</a> to read a brief biography of Bennett. </p> Harlem Renaissance, Women's History Month, Violence, Social Justice and Advocacy, Laborers, Persona Poem, Labor Day, Free Verse, Twentieth Century Gwendolyn Bennett was a poet, journalist, editor, and activist whose contributions helped to fuel the Harlem Renaissance. In this episode, we read "I Build America," a poem that exposes and critiques the exploitation and suffering of ordinary workers.

To learn more about Gwendolyn Bennett, see Heroine of the Harlem Renaissance and Beyond: Gwendolyn Bennett's Selected Writings, edited by Belinda Wheeler and Louis J. Parascandola (Pennsylvania State University Press, 2018). Thanks to Pennsylvania State University Press for granting us permission to read this poem.

You can also click here to read a brief biography of Bennett.

]]> Gwendolyn Bennett was a poet, journalist, editor, and activist whose contributions helped to fuel the Harlem Renaissance. In this episode, we read "I Build America," a poem that exposes and critiques the exploitation and suffering of ordinary workers.

To learn more about Gwendolyn Bennett, see Heroine of the Harlem Renaissance and Beyond: Gwendolyn Bennett's Selected Writings, edited by Belinda Wheeler and Louis J. Parascandola (Pennsylvania State University Press, 2018). Thanks to Pennsylvania State University Press for granting us permission to read this poem.

You can also click here to read a brief biography of Bennett.

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