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The Literary Corner: Darwin Turner on Jean Toomer and Frank Yerby (side a) / Joseph Skerret on Richard Wright and Ralph Ellison (side b)

1978

United States

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A white plastic audio cassette with recordings of two episodes of the Literary Corner radio show. The program number is handwritten on the cassette in graphite. Side A: "Darwin Turner on Jean Toomer and Frank Yerby" Episode 7 of the Literary Corner: Black Writers of the World radio program. It opens with Dr. Darwin Turner discussing some of the activities he is involved with, including editing material written by Jean Toomer and updating some of his essays as instrumental music plays in the background. This is followed by host Brooks Robinson introducing Dr. Turner as his guest and Profs. Edris Makward and Sarah Fabio as regular analysts that will participate in the discussion. One of the first questions posed to Dr.

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Catalog reference: 2010.17.1.4a

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