Host Meg Wolitzer hands off to stage and film actor Teagle F. Bougere, our guest
host for a show that celebrates the protean literary master and social activist
Langston Hughes (1901-1967). It features three of his most striking works. In
“Passing” Hughes reflects on a difficult aspect of the Black experience-the need
some felt to “pass” as white. Program host Teagle F. Bougere is the reader.
Pauletta Pearson Washington reads the humorous and much anthologized “Thank You,
M’am." And Joe Morton performs one of Hughes’ most celebrated works, “The Blues
I’m Playing,” which charts the long and complex relationship between a brilliant
young Black pianist and her white patron. All three stories reflec...