Bruce Jackson Interviewed on National Public Radio on African American Narrative Poetry

By Arthur Page

Release Date: April 14, 2004 This content is archived.

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Bruce Jackson, SUNY Distinguished Professor and Samuel P. Capen Professor of American Culture, is interviewed on National Public Radio's "The Tavis Smiley Show" on toast, a traditional form of African-American poetry that often was boastful, raunchy and profane, and a tremendously important part of African-American literature and folklore. Listen to interview.