Detail from Harriet Tubman (c. 1945) by William H. Johnson (Smithsonian American Art Museum, gift of the Harmon Foundation)
Amanda Holmes reads Sam Cornish’s poem “Harriet in the Promised Land.” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.
This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.
