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

When
noon to 1 p.m., Oct. 8, 2014

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.