Research Catalog

Title

Bearden's odyssey : poets respond to the art of Romare Bearden / edited by Kwame Dawes and Matthew Shenoda ; foreword by Derek Walcott.

Publication

• Evanston, Illinois : TriQuarterly Books/ Northwestern University Press, 2017.
• ©2017

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Dawes, Kwame Senu Neville, 1962-
• Shenoda, Matthew
• Walcott, Derek

Description

xxiii, 115 pages, 6 unnumbered folded leaves of plates : color illustrations; 23 cm

Subjects

• Art and literature
• American poetry > African American authors
• Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988 > Influence
• Poetry
• Art and literature > United States
• 2000-2099
• United States
• Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
• American poetry > African American authors > 21st century
• Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988 > Poetry
• African American artists > Poetry

Genre/Form

Poetry.

Contents

Foreword / Derek Wolcott -- Introduction / Kwame Dawes and Matthew Shenoda -- Fire psalm / Chris Abani -- Homily / Chris Abani -- From Omni--Albert Murray / Elizabeth Alexander -- A siren patch of indigo / Cyrus Cassells -- The sirens' song, by Romare Bearden / Fred D'Aguiar -- Forest / Kwame Dawes -- Cyclops I / Toi Derricotte -- Cyclops II / Toi Derricotte -- Conjure / Rita Dove -- Cove song / Camille T. Dungy -- Circe after the feast of Kine / Vievee Francis -- Poseidon hears his baby boy crying / Nikki Giovanni -- Circe to her mother / Aracelis Girmay -- O / Aracelis Girmay -- Bearden's Scylla and Charybdis is a picture / Terrance Hayes -- Calypso's magical garden / Major Jackson -- Root worker {middle passage} Marabout / Honorée Fanonne Jeffers -- The taste of the lotus (London, January 4, 2013) / Honorée Fanonne Jeffers -- Red {middle passage}path / Honorée Fanonne Jeffers -- Blues : how many sat underwater / Honorée Fanonne Jeffers -- Bearden's Realm of shades / A. Van Jordan -- Roamer / Douglas Kearney -- Three thirsty souls / Yusef Komunyakaa -- Departure from Troy / Nathaniel Mackey -- Heritage / Adrian Matejka -- Conjure woman / E. Ethelbert Miller -- Tubman / E. Ethelbert Miller -- Among the lotus-eaters / Marilyn Nelson -- Harriet Tubman / Geoffrey Philp -- Odysseus / Geoffrey Philp -- In the realm of shades / Geoffrey Philp -- The Sirens' song / Geoffrey Philp -- Circe's domain / Geoffrey Philp -- The cattle of the sun god / Geoffrey Philp -- A nouveau looks at a Bearden / Ishmael Reed -- Bearden : mask's order of riddle / Ed Roberson -- Mosaic / Tim Seibles -- Coastal / Matthew Shenoda -- Circe : Odysseus : black odysseys (a remix-collage) / Evie Shockley -- Fixed on a furious star / Patricia Smith -- Realm of shades / Tracy K. Smith -- Auntie Hoodoo speaks / Sharan Strange -- Mythology / Natasha Trethewey -- Romare Bearden's art between 1964 & 1985 / Quincy Troupe -- Spring 2013 / Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon -- Milton Avenue Cyclops / Afaa Michael Weaver -- Siren songs at the Royal Theatre / Afaa Michael Weaver -- Death series / Afaa Michael Weaver -- Stricture / Crystal Ann Williams.

Call Number

Sc E 17-910

ISBN

• 9780810134898
• 0810134896
• 9780810134942 (canceled/invalid)
• 0810134942 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2016049159

OCLC

959264747

Title

Bearden's odyssey : poets respond to the art of Romare Bearden / edited by Kwame Dawes and Matthew Shenoda ; foreword by Derek Walcott.

Publisher

Evanston, Illinois : TriQuarterly Books/ Northwestern University Press, 2017.

Copyright Date

©2017

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Chronological Term

2000-2099

Added Author

Dawes, Kwame Senu Neville, 1962- editor.

Shenoda, Matthew, editor.

Walcott, Derek, writer of foreword.

Research Call Number

Sc E 17-910