Janice Lowe with Yohann Potico and Kevin Carnes: April 20, 2017

The Poetry Center presents Janice A. Lowe performing her songs written to the poems from her book Leaving Cle: Poems of Nomadic Dispersal (Miami University Press, 2016), accompanied by Yohann Potico on bass and Kevin Carnes on drums.

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DocFilm Institute
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The Poetry Center, SFSU
Date
04/20/2017
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01:06:24
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Yohann Potico, Kevin Carnes, Steve Dickison
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Steve Dickison introduces Janice Lowe, Yohann Potico, and Kevin Carnes. Lowe speaks about her book Leaving Cle and the songs she wrote based on the poetry. She opens with her early song "We Wear The Mask," setting Paul Laurence Dunbar's poem. She then performs "Edge-a-cation," "Sign," "Resistance Girl T," "The End of Chicago," "Bone Hugs Best Location Blues," "Boy Flower Tamir," "The 40 Acres Exists but We Will Live in Town because Your Mother and You Children Refuse to be Country," "Opening the Hymning Room/Singing the Maternal Line," "Haint Blue," and "H & L Express: A Barber/Beauty Establishment," all from Leaving Cle.

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