Poetry Center @ Phoenix Art Museum: Allen Crawford on Illuminating Whitman

Wednesday, October 8, 2014 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Phoenix Art Museum 1625 North Central Avenue Phoenix, AZ

This event takes place at the Phoenix Art Museum, 1625 North Central Avenue, Phoenix. Free and open to the public.

Allen Crawford talks about creating Whitman Illuminated (Tin House), a visual interpretation of Whitman’s “Song of Myself.” He discusses his year-long voyage through Whitman’s poem, his approach to creating a parallel visual narrative to the text, and his relationship with Whitman’s work.