Seth Harris
Poet, fiction writer and performer SETH openly admits to having a love affair with language. His passion for words, particularly the rhythms and sounds of speech, extends not only to his craft but to his presentation. SETH has made a career carving out creative ways of presenting his poetry and short fiction.
About the Book:
A BLACK ODYSSEY
Poet, performer, producer and director SETH has been collaborating with poets, musicians, actors, dancers and other performance and visual artists for more than 30 years. A Black Odyssey is a compilation of his more popular performance pieces as well as lesser performed poems. Remarkable in scope, this poetic memoir uses Homer’s Odyssey as a scaffold, each chapter becoming a poem in its own right, while leading the reader through an epic journey mirroring the author’s own struggles as Black poet in contemporary America. A peculiar stranger enters a nameless town sometime in an unidentified future. He is searching for someone although unsure who. During his search, he becomes embroiled in the political and social shenanigans of the seemingly surreal townsfolk, visiting the town’s major institutions and unraveling some of its sacred cows.You can read this novel just for the laughs. You can read it for its wit, its wisdom, its lyricism and playful use of language. You can read it as a journey through a modern day Lilliput. Or as a parable on the human condition. Whatever the reason, you owe it to your funny bone to read this hilarious novel.