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Bearden's Odyssey : poets respond to the art of Romare Bearden / edited by Kwame Dawes and Matthew Shenoda ; foreword by Derek Walcott.
- 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
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- Description
- xxiii, 115 pages, 6 unnumbered folded pages : color illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Borrowing from Romare Bearden’s aesthetic palette and inspired by his Odysseus series, Bearden’s Odyssey gathers, for the first time, poems from thirty-five of the most revered African diaspora poets in the United States. Poetic echoes come forth in themes of inspiration with historical intersections of one of the greatest visual artists of the twentieth century. The award-winning editors, Kwame Dawes and Matthew Shenoda, assemble an esteemed literary congregation, with original poems by Chris Abani, Rita Dove, Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon, Ed Roberson, Aracelis Girmay, Yusef Komunyakaa, and more. With a powerful foreword by Nobel laureate Derek Walcott and stunning visual reproductions of select Bearden masterpieces, this anthology fuses art and literature, standing as a testament to Romare Bearden’s power and influence in the contemporary artistic world." -- Publisher's description
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Poetry
- poetry.
- Poésie.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- 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 / Honoree Fanonne Jeffers -- The taste of the lotus (London, January 4, 2013) / Honoree Fanonne Jeffers -- Red{middle passage}path / Honoree Fanonne Jeffers -- Blues: how many sat underwater / Honoree Fanonne Jeffers --^
- Bearden's Realm of shades / A. Van Jordan -- Roamer / Douglas Kearney -- Thirsty souls / Yusef Komunyakaa -- Departure from Troy / Nathaniel Mackey -- Heritage / Adrian Matejka -- The 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.
- ISBN
- 9780810134898
- 0810134896
- 9780810134942 (canceled/invalid)
- 0810134942 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- ^^2016049159
- OCLC
- 959264747
- SCSB-11318137
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library