The Voice Of The Banjo


Read by LibriVox Volunteers

LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of The Voice Of The Banjo by Paul Laurence Dunbar.
This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for November 3, 2019.
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What struck me in reading Mr. Dunbar's poetry was what had already struck his friends in Ohio and Indiana, in Kentucky and Illinois. They had felt, as I felt, that however gifted his race had proven itself in music, in oratory, in several of the other arts, here was the first instance of an American negro who had evinced innate distinction in literature. In my criticism of his book ... So far as I could remember, Paul Dunbar was the only man of pure African blood and of American civilization to feel the negro life aesthetically and express it lyrically. (W. D. HOWELLS from the Introduction to Lyrics of Lowly Life) (0 hr 41 min)

Chapters

The Voice Of The Banjo Read by AG 2:18 Read by Andy Glover
The Voice Of The Banjo Read by ALP 2:16 Read by Algy Pug
The Voice Of The Banjo Read by ASM 2:13 Read by Anita Sloma-Martinez
The Voice Of The Banjo Read by BJD 3:05 Read by Brenda J. Davis
The Voice Of The Banjo Read by BK 2:23 Read by Bruce Kachuk
The Voice Of The Banjo Read by CJPH 2:07 Read by ChadH94
The Voice Of The Banjo Read by DL 2:20 Read by David Lawrence
The Voice Of The Banjo Read by ES 2:08 Read by Erin Stone
The Voice Of The Banjo Read by EL 2:39 Read by Newgatenovelist
The Voice Of The Banjo Read by GB 2:21 Read by Garth Burton
The Voice Of The Banjo Read by GRS 2:24 Read by Graham Scott
The Voice Of The Banjo Read by JQC 1:55 Read by Joseph Campbell
The Voice Of The Banjo Read by KL 2:05 Read by Kyle L.
The Voice Of The Banjo Read by NR 2:20 Read by Nemo
The Voice Of The Banjo Read by PS 2:12 Read by Phil Schempf
The Voice Of The Banjo Read by PY 2:17 Read by Peter Yearsley
The Voice Of The Banjo Read by RLF 2:02 Read by roaringlionfish
The Voice Of The Banjo Read by RZ 2:06 Read by Rebecca Zimmerman