{"product_id":"nane-new-generation-african-poets-a-chapbook-box-set-hardcover-anthology-edition-hardcover","title":"Nane: New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set: Hardcover Anthology Edition - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKwame Dawes\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eChris Abani\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the limited hardcover anthology edition of Nane: New Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003efeaturing the work of thirteen new African poets.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The 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\u003cbr\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\u003e\"Dawes 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\u003e\"An 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\u003e\"A 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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKwame Dawes\u003c\/b\u003e is the Ghana-born, award-winning author of twenty-one books of poetry and numerous other books of fiction, criticism, and essays. He has won Pushcart Prizes, a Guggenheim Fellowship, an Emmy, and was the 2019 awardee of the Windham-Campbell Prize in Poetry. He currently teaches at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChris Abani\u003c\/b\u003e, a Nigerian-born, award-winning poet and novelist, currently teaches at Northwestern University in Chicago. He is the recipient of a PEN USA Freedom-to-Write Award, a Prince Claus Award, a Lannan Literary Fellowship, a California Book Award, a Hurston\/Wright Legacy Award, a PEN Beyond Margins Award, a PEN\/Hemingway Award, and a Guggenheim Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 466\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.19 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 09, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53094961840239,"sku":"9781636140599","price":73.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0717\/4966\/4879\/files\/N2RudTZvKy94OXMwTHlaQmZCb0FVUT09.webp?v=1778809929","url":"https:\/\/finderbooks.com\/products\/nane-new-generation-african-poets-a-chapbook-box-set-hardcover-anthology-edition-hardcover","provider":"Finder Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}