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Bearden's Odyssey: Poets Respond to the Art of Romare Bearden fairy tale Vali and her family areBorrowing from Romare Beardens aesthetic palette and inspired by his Odysseus series, Beardens 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