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On Tuesday,
February 8, at 7:30pm ET, the O.B. Hardison Poetry Series,
in collaboration with the legendary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
and Museum, presents a "poetry mixtape" in response
to the Rock Hall’s exhibition It’s Been Said All
Along: Voices of Rage, Hope, and Empowerment.
Poets Patricia
Spears Jones, Nate Marshall, Reuben Jackson, and Ashley
M. Jones read from their own poetry mixed with music featured
in the Rock Hall’s exhibition. The reading will resemble a mixtape,
alternately weaving poems and the music that inspired them. The
poems explore the historic musical legacy of artists like Public
Enemy, Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin, and James Brown.
The reading will
begin with a pop-up exhibition of rare items from the Rock &
Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and will be followed by a
moderated conversation.
This reading is
co-sponsored by the Rock & Roll Hall of
Fame and Museum.
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