Comments on: Melvin B. Tolson – The Great Poet

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 05:12:36 +0000

Hi Sandra! Thanks for stopping by. Definitively encourage your students to see the movie. They should be proud.

By: sandra Gall

sandra Gall — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:11:19 +0000

Thanks for printing some of Tolson’s poetry. Just viewed THE GREAT DEBATERS. I teach in Music Dept at Langston University, OK, where as you know Tolson was professor & mayor of the town in the late 40′s; hoping my students will see the movie and be proud.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:43:49 +0000

Hey, Professor Woodson. What an honor it is have you stop by (yes, I am aware of your work). Thanks for the link. I’m heading over to read now.

Best.

By: Jon Woodson

Jon Woodson — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:41:04 +0000

I wrote the second dissertation on Tolsson’s poetry. See my review of “The Great Debaters” at:

http://www.gurdjieff-books.net/blog/

Jon Woodson

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 04:16:27 +0000

Yobachi – Tolson was a bad ass in every way. The more you read about him the more you’ll see that.

I’ll be seeing The Great Debaters this weekend. You can bet the ranch on that.

By: Yobachi

Yobachi — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:28:42 +0000

Thanks for this info on Melvin Tolson, I’d never heard of him before this movie came out; and have been meaning to read up on him. This is good start, and good explination of his significants poetry wise.

Diffenitely go see that film as soon as possible. Early reciepts determine how long a movie will stay in the theatres and hence how much money it can make ultimately. That’s important because if films like this don’t make money we won’t get any more of them.