Podcasting As Public Scholarship: Live @Amherst College
This episode is a live recording of the special event “Podcasting as Public Scholarship: Finding James Baldwin with Aldo B. Martin and Frank Leon Roberts,” recorded at Amherst College in September 202...
22 Sep 202359min
Chapter 10 - The Dream
In this episode, Aldo and Dr. Roberts discuss the poem "The Dream." Aldo suggests that the poem may not be about a person. The duo discuss the impact that Clinton High School may have had on Baldwi...
20 Sep 202323min
Chapter 9 - Youth (notes on Uncle Jimmy)
As they discuss James Baldwin's poem, "Youth," Aldo and Dr. Roberts bring up the importance of music in the literary world of James Baldwin. Dr. Roberts argues that one of Baldwin's literary themes i...
13 Sep 202324min
Chapter 8 - Closing Doors
Baldwin wrote several entries in the Spring 1941 issue of the Magpie, including a poem titled "Closing Doors." Aldo suggests that the poem is about lost opportunity. Dr. Roberts discusses how James ...
6 Sep 202316min
Chapter 7 - These Two (A Play in Six Scenes)
In the Spring 1941 edition of "The Magpie," James Baldwin published a play titled "These Two." Dr. Roberts and Aldo discuss how some of the elements, themes, and literary strategies used in this piec...
30 Aug 202334min
Chapter 6 - The Woman At The Well
In this week's episode, Professor Roberts and Aldo discuss the short story "The Woman At The Well." Written in 1941, it is a short story about an example of racism that leads to a violent outcome. L...
25 Apr 202337min
Chapter 5 - Black Girl Shouting
In this episode we jump to the year 1942 and delve into a poem titled "Black Girl Shouting." Professor Roberts discusses how this poem contains four elements that would become Baldwin touchstone the...
18 Apr 202327min
Chapter 4 - To Her
In this episode Aldo and Professor Roberts examine the poem To Her. In speaking about this poem, the duo could not help but to revert back to a previous work, Paradise, and see similarities in their ...
11 Apr 202318min
