{"product_id":"black-spirits-ii-poetry-reading-by-jayson-p-smith","title":"Black Spirits II: Poetry Reading by Jayson P. Smith","description":"Center for Book Arts' Fall 2021 Online Broadside Reading Series continued with a virtual reading from contemporary poet \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/centerforbookarts.org\/people\/jayson-p-smith\"\u003eJayson P. Smith\u003c\/a\u003e and the spirit of historic poet Ai, moderated by the program's curator, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/centerforbookarts.org\/people\/harmony-holiday\"\u003eHarmony Holiday\u003c\/a\u003e.\r\n\r\nThe experimental program also included the unveiling of two new limited edition broadsides, which were designed and printed by two by former CBA \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/centerforbookarts.org\/opportunities\/book-artists-in-residence\"\u003eBook Artists-in-Residence\u003c\/a\u003e: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/centerforbookarts.org\/people\/lizania-cruz\"\u003eLizania Cruz\u003c\/a\u003e, who produced a \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/centerforbookarts.org\/book-shop\/poetry\/broadside\/like-a-mother\"\u003ebroadside for Smith\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/centerforbookarts.org\/people\/alix-pentecost-farren\"\u003eAlix Pentecost-Farren\u003c\/a\u003e, who produced a \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/centerforbookarts.org\/book-shop\/poetry\/broadside\/young-farm-woman-alone\"\u003ebroadside for Ai\u003c\/a\u003e. During the event, Cruz and Pentecost-Farren spoke to their inspiration and process for creating the broadsides.\r\n\r\n\u003chr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Fall 2021 Program: \u003cem\u003eBlack Spirits\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\nFor CBA's Fall 2021 Broadside Reading Series, poet, dancer, and archivist Harmony Holiday curated the program \u003cem\u003eBlack Spirits\u003c\/em\u003e, which pairs the work of living poets with the audio and print archives of poets who have passed on.\r\n\r\nOf \u003cem\u003eBlack Spirits\u003c\/em\u003e, Holiday writes, \"The tradition of call-and-response thrives when we call on it. So-called archives are not symbolic and by letting them read aloud and speak we bring them into resonance with the now where they can offer what Baraka once called 'urgent messages for those who would be real.'\"\r\n\r\n\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/centerforbookarts.org\/people\/kyle-carrero-lopez\"\u003eBlack Spirits I\u003c\/a\u003e\r\nPoets: Kyle Carrero Lopez \u0026amp; Amiri Baraka\r\nArtists: Rhonda Khalifeh \u0026amp; Yusuf Hassan\r\n\r\n\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/centerforbookarts.org\/calendar\/poetry-calendar\/black-spirits-2\"\u003eBlack Spirits II\u003c\/a\u003e\r\nPoets: Jayson P. Smith \u0026amp; Ai\r\nArtists: Lizania Cruz \u0026amp; Alix Pentecost-Farren\r\n\r\n\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/centerforbookarts.org\/calendar\/poetry-calendar\/black-spirits-3\"\u003eBlack Spirits III\u003c\/a\u003e\r\nPoets: Desiree C. Bailey \u0026amp; Historic Poet TBA\r\nArtists: Roni Gross \u0026amp; Claudia Cortinez\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/centerforbookarts.org\/calendar\/poetry-calendar\/black-spirits-1\"\u003e\r\n\u003c\/a\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003chr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Broadside Reading Series\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\nCBA's Broadside Readings Series program is a unique opportunity for poets and artists to collaborate. Every fall and spring season, CBA invites a poet who previously participated in the program to select poets for a new series of readings. CBA then commissions artists to collaborate with the participating poets to design and print for each of them a limited-edition broadside featuring their work. The broadsides are made available for sale to the public in-person and online in CBA's \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/centerforbookarts.org\/book-shop\"\u003ebookshop\u003c\/a\u003e.\r\n\r\n\u003chr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ch3\u003eSupport\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\nThis program was organized by Center for Book Arts and Harmony Holiday with funding provided in part by Poets \u0026amp; Writers through public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.","brand":"Center for Book Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45060009001116,"sku":"BRS 2021-11-04-1","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3861\/files\/802cd326-fall-2021-broadsides-session-2-images.jpg?v=1751391771","url":"https:\/\/shop.centerforbookarts.org\/products\/black-spirits-ii-poetry-reading-by-jayson-p-smith","provider":"Center for Book Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}