20th Century Poet Commentaries - Robert Hayden

The Poet and The Poem · May 23, 2020 · 5m

Grace Cavalieri presents 20th Century Poets with minute commentaries. This includes Hayden reading his Immortal poem Those Winter Sundays. Robert Hayden was an American poet, essayist, and educator. He served as Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1976 to 1978, a role today known as US Poet Laureate. He was the first African-American writer to hold the office. His poems have become part of American culture.