Presentation Readings
American Literature
Summer 2017
7 Aug. Monday Langston Hughes
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Dream Variations
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Freedom’s Plough
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“
Dreams
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“
Life is Fine
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8 Aug. Tuesday William Carlos Williams
“
The Red Wheelbarrow
”
“
Dedication for a Plot of Ground
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“
Blizzard
”
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The Fool’s Song
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Poem (As the Cat)
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9 Aug. Wednesday Gwendolyn Brooks
“
A Sunset of the City
”
“
a song in the front yard
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We Real Cool
”
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the sonnet-ballad
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9 Aug. Wednesday Dudley Randall
“
Ballad of Birmingham
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Booker T. and W.E.B.
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“
A Poet Is Not a Jukebox
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“
Black Magic
” (also known as “Blackberry Sweet”)
10 Aug. Thursday Nathaniel Hawthorne
“
The Birth-Mark
”