‘Fishing for lives': Tom Lee’s story told by Grammy-winning poet J. Ivy
Poet J. Ivy unveils his new poem about Tom Lee at Beale Street Landing Sept. 19, 2023. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
J. Ivy has written and performed a new piece about Tom Lee to mark the opening of the redesigned riverfront park named in Lee’s honor. The work is the first in a series commissioned by the Mellon Foundation.
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