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Sunday, May 7, 2017, 3pm
Robin Coste Lewis is the author ofVoyage of the Sable Venus, winner of the 2016 National Book Award. This collection of poems is a meditation on the cultural depiction of women in the African diaspora. Coste Lewis considers the roles desire and race play in the construction of the self, juxtaposing actual events with research into the representation of Black female figures through-out art history. Coste Lewis’s reading takes place within the exhibitionKerry James Marshall: Mastry.
The program is generously supported by William and Ruth True – Gramma Poetry.
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