Ep. 17 | Interview with Dr. Don Holmes

The Bookstore Besties interview Dr. Don Holmes, and they discuss 18th century published author and poet Phillis Wheatley. Phillis Wheatley was the first black American poet to publish a book.  Poems by Phillis Wheatley On Being Brought from Africa to America To the Right Honorable William, Earl of Dartmouth On Messrs. Hussey and Coffin To S.M. an African Painter Book by Phillis Wheatley Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral The Poems of Phillis Wheatley With Letters and a Memoir (isbn #978-0-486-47593-6) Other Authors/Poets mentioned Author Venture Smith Author William Grimes Still I Rise by Maya Angelou Bar Fight by Lucy Terry An Evening Thought by Lucy Terry Follow us on instagram @yourbookstorebesties and join the conversation.