Oak and Ivy
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Read by Andrew Kennedy
"Oak and Ivy" is Paul Laurence Dunbar's first collection of poetry. He was by far the most successful Black American to write poetry in the so-called Negro dialect, although he also wrote a lot of verse in standard diction. His poetry and prose often speaks of the frustrated aspirations of and bleak prospects for African Americans in a white supremacist era. - Summary by TriciaG (1 hr 48 min)
Chapters
| Ode to Ethiopia | 3:03 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| A Drowsy Day | 2:05 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| Keep A-Pluggin' Away | 2:04 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| The Sparrow | 1:16 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| An Easter Ode | 2:37 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| October | 1:57 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| Merry Autumn | 2:32 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| To Dr. James Newton Matthews | 1:29 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| A Summer Pastoral | 3:38 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| Songs | 2:53 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| Sunset | 1:01 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| In Summer Time | 2:59 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| Hymn | 1:08 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| A Banjo Song | 3:29 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| The Ol' Tunes | 3:16 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| Lullaby | 0:39 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| Christmas Carol | 1:47 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| Welcome Address | 1:57 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| The Old Apple-Tree | 3:55 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| James Whitcomb Riley | 2:09 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| A Thanksgiving Poem | 2:05 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| To Miss Mary Britton | 2:38 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| Whittier | 1:14 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| Nutting Song | 1:48 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| After While | 2:05 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| To the Miami | 2:57 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| Love's Pictures | 1:28 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| The "Chronic-Kicker" | 2:40 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| Songs | 1:07 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| My Sort o' Man | 3:01 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| The Old Homestead | 2:14 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| On the Death of W. C. | 1:20 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| An Old Memory | 2:09 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| Memorial Day | 1:17 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| Melancholia | 3:09 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| Life | 0:52 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| A Question | 0:48 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| Worn Out | 1:29 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| A Career | 1:48 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| On the River | 1:07 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| The Light | 1:25 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| John Boyle O'Reilly | 1:38 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| Columbian Ode | 2:45 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| The Meadow Lark | 1:18 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| The Seedling | 1:43 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| Poor Withered Rose | 2:25 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| Confirmation | 0:52 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| Nora: A Serenade | 1:40 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| Evening | 0:47 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| To Pfrimmer | 0:55 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| Sympathy | 0:54 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| My Love Irene | 1:35 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| Common Things | 1:20 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| Goin' Back | 3:49 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| Justice | 0:41 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |
| Night of Love | 1:28 | Read by Andrew Kennedy |