{"product_id":"book-k6w8","title":"A Black Odyssey","description":"\u003cp\u003eA musical-poetic collaboration of epic portion. Performance poet SETH reads his poetry collection \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Black Odyssey\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e to the musical accompaniment of 28 diverse musicians.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished in 2012, the collection’s language runs the gamut from the vernacular to the Elizabethan; everything from pattern poems, free verse, prose poems, sonnets to parodies of Mother Goose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eModeled after Homer’s \u003cem\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/em\u003e, using it as an allegorical scaffolding for the poet’s own experience as a Black man in contemporary America, the author travels musically from one chapter to the next, each chapter offering varied musical textures to simulate Odysseus' varied challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMusical styles vary from improvisational jazz, to jazz fusion, blues, experimental, alternative, electronic, to classical.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Findaway World, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49407647416624,"sku":"BDk6w8","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/690425-k6w8-Square.jpg?v=1746679104","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-k6w8","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}