Episode #44: Talking About Black Excellence In Literature Part One Episode #44: Talking About Black Excellence In Literature Part One In this episode, we talk about the best books written by black authors.
BookCast #2: Conan The Cimmerian 4 And 5 BookCast #2: Conan The Cimmerian 4 And 5 For our second episode of the DPW BookCast, we go over the Conan stories “The Tower of the Elephant” and “The Scarlet Citadel.”
BookCast Guide: Conan The Cimmerian Part Three BookCast Guide: Conan The Cimmerian Part Three For this week, we will be reading “Queen of the Black Coast,” “Black Colossus,” and “Iron Shadows in the Moon.”
The Midnight Skaters, By Edmund Blunden The Midnight Skaters, By Edmund Blunden Edmund Blunden was an English poet, author and critic. Like his friend Siegfried Sassoon, he wrote of his experiences in World War I in both verse and prose.
BookCast #1: Conan The Cimmerian 1-3 BookCast #1: Conan The Cimmerian 1-3 Our first BookCast episode discussing the Conan stories, “The Phoenix on the Sword,” “The Frost-Giant’s Daughter,” and “The God in the Bowl.”
A Smile To Remember, Charles Bukowski A Smile To Remember, Charles Bukowski This poem provides an insight of a small boy who sees an unhappy environment around him, and is unable to do anything.
BookCast Guide: Conan The Cimmerian BookCast Guide: Conan The Cimmerian The first three stories to read for the upcoming BookCast series on the DPW Podcast.
Condensed Milk, By Varlam Shalamov Condensed Milk, By Varlam Shalamov Narrated in the first person, this short story is one episode in the life of a Russian labour-camp inmate.
Harlem, By Langston Hughes Harlem, By Langston Hughes This famous Harlem Renaissance poem was the inspiration for Lorraine Hansberry’s classic play A Raisin in the Sun.
Upturned Face, By Stephen Crane Upturned Face, By Stephen Crane “The Upturned Face” is one of Crane’s best-known short stories. It is a study on the horrors of the American Civil War.
