The Helios Biblios Hour : Black Poets Special with guest Rodney R. Rhodes

Rodney R. Rhodes is a dynamic writer and poet. His plays, short stories and poems are riveting. The prime focus of the book is his screenplay, Souls of Black Men.Rhodes is well known for his breathtaking short story series: Wise Man on the Corner and his poetry in the Detroit, Michigan area. Etheridge Knight is a black poet with a fascinating story. He started writing poetry while he was jailed in the Indiana State Prison. He became famous right after he published his debut volume, ‘Poems from Prison’, in 1968.Lucille Clifton was an African American poet who, between 1979 and 1985, was Poet Laureate of Maryland. She was twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for poetryRita Dove This African American poet and writer served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress between 1993 and 1995. James Emanuel wrote over 300 poems, an autobiography, 13 books, a great anthology of African American literature, and more. He had a big contribution to the black literature and some critics rank him among the 20th century’s best and most neglected poets.Paul Laurence Dunbar was one of the earliest poets who gained national credit. He started writing at a young age and, in 1892, was motivated by a teacher to read his poems during a Western Association of Writers conference.Gwendolyn Brooks won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry with ‘Annie Allen’, her second collection, and was the first African American to receive a Pulitzer