Walk through a word and sound installation of Black poetry that speaks to our relationship with the natural world in this new exhibition at New York Botanical Garden. The Bond of Live Things Everywhere stages Black poetry and performance in the open air close to water and trees, inspired in part by "The Clearing"—a green space cut deep in the woods where a free Black community finds grace in Toni Morrison's novel Beloved. The work explores the bond between Black freedom dreams and stewardship of Earth.
Curated by poet and scholar Joshua Bennett, The Bond of Live Things Everywhere features 12 poems by classic and contemporary Black poets. It's held at the Garden's Wild Wetland Trail through Sunday, November 6.
