Wednesday, July 13, 2016

List of audio recordings by black women poets and lyricists


This fall semester in one of my African American literature courses, I'll devote my primary attention to audio recordings of black women reading poetry and some rap lyrics. What follows is a preliminary list of the poems we'll cover.

In some cases, we'll have multiple versions to consider. 

Poems:
• Elizabeth Alexander - "One Week Later in the Strange"
• Maya Angelou - "Still I Rise"
• Maya Angelou - "Phenomenal Woman"
• Audre Lorde - "The Black Unicorn"
• Erykah Badu - "On and On (freetyle)"
• Yaya Bey "blue line"
• BeyoncĂ©, feat. Nicki Minaj - “Flawless" (remix)
• Gwendolyn Brooks - "We Real Cool
• Gwendolyn Brooks - "We Real Cool"
• Gwendolyn Brooks - "We Real Cool"
• Gwendolyn Brooks - "We Real Cool"
• Gwendolyn Brooks - "We Real Cool"
• Gwendolyn Brooks - "Song in the Front Yard"
• Gwendolyn Brooks - "Song in the Front Yard"
• Gwendolyn Brooks - "kitchenette building" (1961)
• Gwendolyn Brooks - "kitchenette building"
• Mahogany L. Browne - "Black Girl Magic" (2015)
• Mahogany L. Browne - "Black Girl Magic" (2015)
• Mahogany L. Browne - "Black Girl Magic" (2016)
• Lucille Clifton - "homage to my hips"
• Lucille Clifton - "homage to my hips"
• Lucille Clifton - "aunt jemima" (2006)
• Lucille Clifton - "won't you celebrate with me"
• Lucille Clifton - Cruelty
• Jayne Cortez - "I am New York City"
• Jayne Cortez - "Blues Bop For Diz"
• Wanda Coleman- "Wanda, Why Aren't You Dead?"
• Rita Dove – "The Spring Cricket Considers the Question of Negritude"
• Kelly Norman Ellis - "Raised by Women"
• Nikki Giovanni - "Nikki-Rosa"
• Nikki Giovanni - "Ego-Tripping" (1971)
• Nikki Giovanni - "Ego-Tripping" (1976)
• Nikki Giovanni - "Ego-Tripping" (2014)
• Danielle Hall - "In Transition"
• Lauryn Hill - "Freedom Time"
• June Jordan - "Poem about My Rights"
• Cindy Lyles - "In Line At Mello Freeze (Or Is It That)"
• MC Lyte - "Cha Cha Cha"
• Monica – “So Gone
• Monica – “So Gone Challenge
• jessica care moore- "Black Statue of Liberty"
• jessica care moore- "Black Statue of Liberty
• Tracie Morris - "Project Princess" (1995)
• Tracie Morris - "Project Princess" (2005)
• Harryette Mullen - "We are Not Responsible"
• Nicki Minaj - "Monster verse"
• Nicki Minaj - "Stupid Hoe"
• Brie Nurse-Bailey – “So Gone Challenge”
• Treasure Redmond- "october 16, 1917, montgomery county, Mississippi"
• Sonia Sanchez - "Summer Words of a Situh Addict"
• Sonia Sanchez - "Song No. 2"
• Sonia Sanchez - "a/needed/poem for my salvation"
• Patricia Smith - "Skinhead" (2008)
• Patricia Smith - "Skinhead" (2013)
• Patricia Smith- "Skinhead"
• Evie Shockley - "improper(ty) behavior"
• Evie Shockley - "song in the backyard: a golden shovel for Rihanna"
• Evie Shcokley - "philosophically immune"
• Margaret Walker - "For My People"
• Margaret Walker – “Molly Means”
• Margaret Walker – “Kissie Lee”
• Author unknown - "What if I am a black woman?" (performed by Arbeny Davis)

Related:
Situating the bold & bodacious poetic voice of Mahogany L. Browne
Can the sounds of black women's poetic voices get a witness? 

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