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Amanda Holmes reads Gwendolyn Brooks’s “ The Boy Died in My Alley .” 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 colle...
“The Boy Died in My Alley” by Gwendolyn Brooks is an episode from Read Me a Poem. Amanda Holmes reads Gwendolyn Brooks’s “ The Boy Died in My Alley .” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org...
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Published May 12, 2026, 3:18 long, audio available.