{"product_id":"nne-new-generation-african-poets-a-chapbook-box-set-paperback","title":"Nne: New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChris Abani\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKwame Dawes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An amazing assemblage in this set of ten chapbooks. The entirety of it--the books and the language, the art and the binding--is a thing of beauty, and reading it is an experience not to be missed.\" --\u003cem\u003eNew York Journal of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe limited-edition box set is an annual project started in 2014 to ensure the publication of seven to ten 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ten poets included in this box set are: Yasmin Belkhyr, Victoria Adukwei Bulley, Chekwube O. Danladi, Mary-Alice Daniel, Lena Bezawork Grlund, Ashley Makue, Momtaza Mehri, Famia Nkansa, Ejiofor Ugwu, and Chimwemwe Undi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKwame Dawes\u003c\/b\u003e is the Ghanian-born, award-winning author of eighteen collections of poetry, most recently \u003ci\u003eDuppy Conqueror\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as two novels, numerous anthologies, and plays. He has won Pushcart Prizes, a Guggenheim Fellowship, an Emmy, and was the 2013 awardee of the Paul Engel Prize. At the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, he is a Chancellor's Professor of English and Glenna Luschei Editor of Prairie Schooner. Dawes is the associate poetry editor at Peepal Tree Press, the series editor of the University of South Carolina Poetry Series, and the founding director of the African Poetry Book Fund. Dawes teaches in the Pacific MFA Program and is director of the biennial Calabash International Literary Festival. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eGomer's Song\u003c\/i\u003e; translator of \u003ci\u003eGo de Rass to Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e; and editor of \u003ci\u003eSo Much Things To Say\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEight New-Generation African Poets\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChris Abani, \u003c\/b\u003e a Nigerian-born, award-winning poet and novelist, currently teaches at Northwestern University in Chicago. He holds a BA in English, an MA in gender and culture, an MA in English, and a PhD in literature and creative writing. 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. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Secret History of Las Vegas\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSong for Night\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Virgin of Flames\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBecoming Abigail\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGraceLand\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMasters of the Board\u003c\/i\u003e. His poetry collections are \u003ci\u003eSanctificum\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThere Are No Names for Red\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFeed Me the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHands Washing Water\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDog Woman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDaphne's Lot\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eKalakuta Republic\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the editor of \u003ci\u003eEight New-Generation African Poets\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 300\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 x 9.4 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 04, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770638991648,"sku":"9781617755408","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1aad8871ef9a3119d234d0f23a688af2.webp?v=1780375970","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/nne-new-generation-african-poets-a-chapbook-box-set-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}