“Let America Be America Again” by Langston Hughes

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Langston Hughes in 1936, photographed by Carl Van Vechten (Library of Congress/photo-illustration by Stephanie Bastek)
Langston Hughes in 1936, photographed by Carl Van Vechten (Library of Congress/photo-illustration by Stephanie Bastek)

Amanda Holmes reads Langston Hughes’s poem, “Let America Be America Again.” Have a suggestion for a poem? 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.

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Amanda Holmes, the author of the novel I Know Where I Am When I’m Falling, is a columnist and poetry editor for the Washington Independent Review of Books.

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