Original recording made in 2014
11 years ago I did an interview with Herbert Woodward Martin for his
poetry collection "On the Flyleaf." Herb Martin has spent the last 50+
years sharing the work of the Dayton poet Paul Lawrence Dunbar. After we
finished taping that show I said to Herb that it felt somewhat peculiar
to have done another interview with him without having him recite any
poetry by Dunbar. We decided on the spot to record a second program
right then that would be all about Dunbar. So we did.
We talked about a book he had edited, "In His Own Voice: Dramatic &
Other Uncollected Works of Paul Lawrence Dunbar," and of course he
shared some of Dunbar's poetry in his flamboyant fashion. Nobody
performs Dunbar like Herb Martin does.
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