Amanda Holmes reads Léopold Sédar Senghor’s “Femme Noire,” translated from the French by Melvin Dixon. Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.

This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.

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