![99-dunbar-nelson Photograph of Alice Dunbar-Nelson. Date unknown. MSS 113, Alice Dunbar-Nelson Papers. Special Collections, University of Delaware Library](https://theamericanscholar.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/99-dunbar-nelson-1024x572.jpg)
Photograph of Alice Dunbar-Nelson. Date unknown. MSS 113, Alice Dunbar-Nelson Papers. Special Collections, University of Delaware Library
Amanda Holmes reads Alice Dunbar-Nelson’s poem, “I Sit and Sew.” 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.