Bearden's Odyssey: Poets Respond to the Art of Romare Bearden

by Matthew Shenoda

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810134896
• ISBN13: 9780810134898
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Triquarterly Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"