Name: Gwendolyn Brooks: "Primer for Blacks" by Academy of American Poets
Duration: 3 min 23 s
Description: From the Academy of American Poets Audio Archive. Gwendolyn Brooks reads her poem "Primer for Blacks" at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City on May 3, 1983. All rights reserved.

Recorded by Brian Gyamfi for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on December 1, 2025. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.poets.org⁠

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Arthur Sze: "Qinghai Lake"

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Maura Stanton: "A Night in Chicago"

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Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on December 6, 2025. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.poets.org⁠


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Gwendolyn Brooks: "Primer for Blacks"

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Gwendolyn Brooks: "Primer for Blacks"

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