Bearden's Odyssey: Poets Respond to the Art of Romare Bearden
by Kwame Dawes (Editor), Matthew Shenoda (Editor)
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Collects poems from thirty-five African diaspora writers in the United States that describe the African American migration. Contains a selection of Romare Bearden watercolor paintings.Tags
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Kwame Dawes was born in Ghana, grew up in Jamaica, and studied and taught in New Brunswick, Canada. In the UK he has published five volumes of poetry, an anthology of reggae poetry, and a critical volume on reggae music and literature. His first book of poems, Progeny of Air, won the prestigious Forward Poetry Prize. He teaches at the University show more of South Carolina in Columbia. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- 811.0080357 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American poetry Specific kinds of poetry {only by more than one author} Modified standard subdivisions Collections of literary texts Collections of literary texts displaying specific features or emphasizing specific subjects, for or by specific groups of people Poetry dealing with specific themes and subjects Humanity Artistic, recreational, literary themes
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