{"product_id":"nane-kwame-dawes-9781636140599","title":"Nane: New Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set: New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis fourteen-piece, limited-edition box set--an African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) project--features the work of thirteen new African poets.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe African Poetry Book Fund's \u003ci\u003eNew-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most important annual literary projects, presenting to a wide audience the work of fresh and promising poets in the continent and its diaspora.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOpen Country Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncluded in \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e's Adult 2021 Announcements (Poetry)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDawes and Abani have taken on the vital project of publishing short collections by contemporary poets from Africa, packaged together in beautiful boxed sets.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn ambitious, vital project that delivers exactly what it promises...As a group, the chapbooks dispel stereotypes about African writing. They also illustrate what editors Dawes and Abani note about the many ways poets can understand or redefine their ties to Africa. These insights are poignant and valuable, especially at a time when millions around the globe find themselves somewhere between new countries and ancestral lands they've left behind.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collection pulsing with fresh talent in a series that poetry lovers worldwide should be grateful for.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe limited-edition box set is a project started in 2014 to ensure the publication of up to a dozen chapbooks every year by African poets through Akashic Books. The series seeks to identify the best poetry written by African poets working today, and it is especially interested in featuring poets who have not yet published their first full-length book of poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe thirteen poets included in this box set are: Selina Nwulu, Ayan M. Omar, Jeremy Teddy Karn, Ajibola Tolase, Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu, Sara Elkamel, Precious Arinze, Lameese Badr, Qutouf Yahia, Edil Hassan, Kolawole Adebayo, Cynthia Amoah, and Saradha Soobrayen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kwame Dawes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1636140599\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781636140599\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Akashic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 466\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.19d","brand":"Kwame Dawes","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44042638622975,"sku":"9781636140599","price":48.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bd38c3f3-35ea-45de-af21-c0cec67cef71.jpg?v=1684962668","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/nane-kwame-dawes-9781636140599","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}