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Read by Ghizela Rowe, Richard Mitchley & Danny Swopes (Unabridged: 1hr 7mins)

Paul Laurence Dunbar was born on June 27th, 1872 in Dayton Ohio. His parents had been slaves in Kentucky before the Civil War.

Dunbar wrote his first poem at age 6 and gave his first public recital at age 9. By 16 he was already published as a poet in ‘The Herald’, a local newspaper.

After completing his formal schooling in 1891, Dunbar was employed as an elevator operator, at $4 a week. His hopes of a legal career floundered on a lack of funds and racial discrimination. However, he wrote his poetry and took every opportunity to publish. In 1892 his employers sent him to the United Brethren Publishing House which, in 1893, printed his dialect poetry, ‘Oak and Ivy; Dunbar subsidized the printing and earned back his investment in two weeks by selling copies himself.

Dunbar also wrote the lyrics for ‘In Dahomey’, the first musical written and performed entirely by African Americans. It was produced on Broadway in 1903; and then toured England and the United States for four years.

After returning from a literary tour of United Kingdom, Dunbar married Alice Ruth Moore on March 6th, 1898. She was a teacher and poet from New Orleans. Dunbar called her the sweetest, smartest little girl I ever saw . Alice would become as famous as Paul during her life for her own literary works.

In 1900, he was diagnosed with tuberculosis and his doctors recommended drinking whisky to alleviate his symptoms.  The couple moved to Colorado as the cold, dry mountain air was considered favorable for his health. Dunbar and Alice separated in 1902, but never divorced. But Depression and declining health drove him to depend on alcohol, and health deteriorated.

His short career was prolific; a dozen books of poetry, four books of short stories, four novels, lyrics for ‘In Dahomey’, and a play. Dunbar’s essays and poems were published widely in leading journals including ‘Harper s Weekly’ and ‘The Saturday Evening Post’.  He was also a committed civil rights activist.

In 1904 he returned to Dayton to be with his mother.

Paul Laurence Dunbar died of tuberculosis on February 9th, 1906, at the age of only thirty-three.

In this compilation – 

01 – The Poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar. An Introduction

02 – Sympathy by Paul Laurence Dunbar

03 – At Sunset Time by Paul Laurence Dunbar

04 – Invitation to Love by Paul Laurence Dunbar

05 – How Shall I Woo Thee by Paul Laurence Dunbar

06 – Morning Song of Love by Paul Laurence Dunbar

07 – Then and Now by Paul Laurence Dunbar

08 – Despair by Paul Laurence Dunbar

09 – If I Could But Forget by Paul Laurence Dunbar

10 – The Awakening by Paul Laurence Dunbar

11 – The Phantom Kiss by Paul Laurence Dunbar

12 – The Lover and the Moon by Paul Laurence Dunbar

13 – On A Sea Wall by Paul Laurence Dunbar

14 – Anchored by Paul Laurence Dunbar

15 – Ships That Pass in the Night by Paul Laurence Dunbar

16 – The Mystic Sea By Paul Laurence Dunbar

17 – The River of Ruin by Paul Laurence Dunbar

18 – Life s Tragedy by Paul Laurence Dunbar

19 – The Fount of Tears by Paul Laurence Dunbar

20 – The Rising of the Storm by Paul Laurence Dunbar

21 – After Many Days by Paul Laurence Dunbar

22 – Day by Paul Laurence Dunbar

23 – Evening by Paul Laurence Dunbar

24 – Summer in the South by Paul Laurence Dunbar

25 – To the South by Paul Laurence Dunbar

26 – Right s Security by Paul Laurence Dunbar

27 – Lincoln by Paul Laurence Dunbar

28 – Booker T Johnson by Paul Laurence Dunbar

29 – The Haunted Oak by Paul Laurence Dunbar

30 – The Change Has Come by Paul Laurence Dunbar

31 – The Conquerors – The Black Troops in Cuba by Paul Laurence Dunbar

32 – Ode to Ethiopia by Paul Laurence Dunbar

33 – A Thanksgiving Poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar

34 – October by Paul Laurence Dunbar

35 – One Life by Paul Laurence Dunbar

36 – Conscience and Remorse by Paul Laurence Dunbar

37 – The Lawyer s Ways by Paul Laurence Dunbar

38 – We Wear the Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar

39 – The Debt by Paul Laurence Dunbar

40 – For the Man Who Fails by Paul Laurence Dunbar

41 – A Choice by Paul Laurence Dunbar

42 – Little Brown Baby by Paul Laurence Dunbar

43 – Retrospection by Paul Laurence Dunbar

44 – Unexpressed by Paul Laurence Dunbar

45 – Theology by Paul Laurence Dunbar

46 – Mortality by Paul Laurence Dunbar

47 – The Death of the First Born by Paul Laurence Dunbar

48 – Confessional by Paul Laurence Dunbar

49 – Sonnet on an Old Book with Uncut Leaves by Paul Laurence Dunbar

50 – The Poet by Paul Laurence Dunbar

51 – The Right to Die by Paul Laurence Dunbar

52 – Compensation by Paul Laurence Dunbar

53 – ‘Ere Sleep Comes Down to Soothe the Weary Eyes by Paul Laurence Dunbar

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