Mar 31st 2017

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

@ Block Museum

40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208

Opening Friday, March 31st, from 6PM - 8PM

Borrowing from Romare Bearden’s aesthetic palette and inspired by his Odysseus series, Bearden’s Odyssey: Poets Respond to the Art of Romare Bearden (Northwestern University Press/TriQuarterly Books) gathers, for the first time, poems from 35 of the most revered African diaspora poets in the United States.

Join award-winning editors and contributors Kwame Dawes, Matthew Shenoda, Chris Abani, and more for a reading and discussion of Romare Bearden’s power and influence in the contemporary artistic world. Book signing to follow

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