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New-generation African poets : a chapbook box set
- Title
- New-generation African poets : a chapbook box set / edited by Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani.
- Publication
- New York, New York : Akashic Books, 2023.
- ©2023
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- Description
- 12 volumes (various pagings); 23 cm + illustrated slip case (24 cm).
- Series Statement
- Tisa
- Alternative Title
- Tisa : new-generation African poets : a chapbook box set
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Poetry.
- Literary collections.
- Note
- Ninth chapbook box set in the New-generation African poets series ("tisa" is nine in Swahili).
- Title from slip case.
- All volumes have individual ISBNs on title page verso except for Intro.
- "Cover art: Ancestor's Essence-4, Victor Ekpuk. Cover design: Petrovich/Habibio."--Slip case bottom.
- "The limited-edition box set is an annual project started in 2014 to ensure the publication of up to a dozen chapbooks 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"--African Poetry Book Fund website (viewed 2023, June 28).
- The eleven poets included in this box set are: Samuel A. Adeyemi, Nikitta Dede Adjirakor, O-Jeremiah Agbaakin, Rabha Ashry, Jakky Bankong-Obi, Hazem Fahmy, Alain Jules Hirwa, Jay Kophy, Tawiah Naana Akua Mensah, Phodiso Modirwa, and Nneoma Veronica Nwogu.
- Language (note)
- In English, with some Arabic (volume 2: At the Gates) with various languages interspersed (i.e. Yoruba, Setswana) throughout the volumes.
- Contents
- [1] Introduction / Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani -- [2] At the gates / Hazem Fahmy -- [3] Grief and ecstasy / Rabha Ashry -- [4] Hairpins / Alain Jules Hirwa -- [5] Here, there, and what is broken in between / Nneoma Veronica Nwogu -- [6] Learning to say my name / Nikitta Dede Adjirakor -- [7] A litany on loss / Tawiah Naana Akua Mensah -- [8] Maceration / Jay Kophy -- [9] Rose ash / Samuel A. Adeyemi -- [10] The sign of the tam / O-Jeremiah Agbaakin -- [11] Speaking in code / Phodiso Modirwa -- [12] What still yields / Jakky Bankong-Obi.
- Call Number
- Sc E 23-1141
- ISBN
- 9781636140766
- 1636140769
- 9781636141312
- 1636141315
- 9781636141244
- 1636141242
- 9781636141220
- 1636141226
- 9781636141251
- 1636141250
- 9781636141237
- 1636141234
- 9781636141275
- 1636141277
- 9781636141282
- 1636141285
- 9781636141305
- 1636141307
- 9781636141268
- 1636141269
- 9781636141329
- 1636141323
- 9781636141299
- 1636141293
- LCCN
- 2022933682
- OCLC
- 1341986237
- Title
- New-generation African poets : a chapbook box set / edited by Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani.
- Publisher
- New York, New York : Akashic Books, 2023.
- Copyright Date
- ©2023
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Tisa
- Language
- In English, with some Arabic (volume 2: At the Gates) with various languages interspersed (i.e. Yoruba, Setswana) throughout the volumes.
- Biography
- "Kwame Dawes is the author of numerous books of poetry and other works of fiction, criticism, and essays. He is the series editor of the African Poetry Book Series and the director of the African Poetry Book Fund. He is a Chancellor for the Academy of American Poets and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Dawes is the winner of the prestigious Windham/Campbell Award for Poetry and was a finalist for the 2022 Neustadt International Prize for Literature. In 2022, Kwame Dawes was awarded the Order of Distinction Commander class by the Government of Jamaica"--Page 3 of introduction."Chris Abani is a prolific novelist and poet. He is the recipient of a Prince Claus Award, a Lannan Literary Fellowship, a PEN/ Hemingway Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship; he is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Born in Nigeria, Abani is Board of Trustees Professor of English and director of African Studies at Northwestern University. He is a founding member of the African Poetry Book Fund editorial board"--Page 3 of introduction chapbook.
- Chronological Term
- 2000-2099
- Added Author
- Dawes, Kwame Senu Neville, 1962- series editor, writer of introduction.Abani, Chris, writer of introduction.African Poetry Book Fund.Akashic Books, publisher.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 23-1141