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"These artists respond to the fictive dreamscape of “The Artist as Poet” by embracing the conjure in creation, the multidimensionality of reality, and the serendipity of the surreal. Each poem is complete through its delivery and engagement, presenting the poem as an event- or series of events – making up COMING UP FROM THE BLOOD."

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"All stories start with the voice and ear. Words, letters, and phrases are forever chasing after the voice. Repetition serves as a utility to the music of this collection of poems, and a point of identification for the audience of this work."

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"Roach immersed herself in Walker’s papers for three hours on her first visit. She returned after being selected as a Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow, intent on finding something in Walker’s collection for the undergraduate research initiative.

That’s where Pellom McDaniels III, curator of the Rose Library’s African American collections, found her."

"These artists respond to the fictive dreamscape of “The Artist as Poet” by embracing the conjure in creation, the multidimensionality of reality, and the serendipity of the surreal. Each poem is complete through its delivery and engagement, presenting the poem as an event- or series of events – making up COMING UP FROM THE BLOOD."

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"All stories start with the voice and ear. Words, letters, and phrases are forever chasing after the voice. Repetition serves as a utility to the music of this collection of poems, and a point of identification for the audience of this work."

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