Websites
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Get all the dirt right here.
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Wow—there's something here for everybody.
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Check out this very brief bio and some links to some poems.
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Here's some great analysis of Hayden's career as a poet.
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Check out this area of Detroit where Robert Hayden grew up. (We're wondering if they call it Paradise Valley to be ironic.)
Video
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This is just fantastic (and you get to hear Hayden's voice, too).
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This reader tries out some home snapshots to help his reading along.
Audio
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We're not sure who this is (it's definitely not Jackie Morgan), but this guy reading the poem sure sounds like Jeremy Irons.
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Here's another serious, sonorous reading.
Images
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Here's famous picture of Robert Hayden with his trademark tie.
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Maybe it was too hot for the bowtie on the day this picture was taken?
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Here's a picture of Robert Hayden's grave stone.
Articles and Interviews
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Did you know Hayden grew up in Detroit? And wrote about it a lot? Check it out right here.
Books
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Hmm, well given the price this is probably a first edition.
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There's lots of good stuff in here, and some of these essays were even penned by Hayden's former colleague and friend, Laurence Goldstein.