{"product_id":"new-generation-african-poets-a-chapbook-box-set-tano-9781617756238","title":"New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Tano)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"This annual anthology of emerging African poets edited by Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani introduces new poets, each with a chapbook as part of the boxed set. The anthology, along with other projects of the African Poetry Book Fund, is credited with publishing the earliest work of rising African stars such as Warsan Shire, Safia Elhillo and Ladan Osman.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Root\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, Included in Best Black Books of 2018\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eTano\u003c\/em\u003e is exquisitely composed and designed. This is a boxed set to be collected--and coveted.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003e\"[This collection] continues the African Poetry Book Fund project to identify the best poetry by African poets working today and ensure their publication. This 12-piece, limited-edition box set features the work of 11 new poets.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e \u003cem\u003e \u003cbr\u003e --\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, Spring 2018 Announcements, Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003e\"[James's] limited-edition chapbook was selected by Kwame Dawes, Chris Abani, and the African Poetry Book Fund, in collaboration with Akashic Books, for the 2018 \u003cem\u003eNew-Generation African Poets Box Set\u003c\/em\u003e, and I am tickled pink for its release this month. James's voice is so unique and genuine; she's definitely a poet to have on your poetdar, and I'm sure this whole collection will be stellar.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e \u003cem\u003e \u003cbr\u003e --\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Coil\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, Omotara James's \"Daughter Tongue\" included in \u003cstrong\u003eBooks We Can't Wait to Read in 2018\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eMost Anticipated April 2018 Books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003e\"Rasaq Malik challenged himself and then us when he decided to see Boko Haram from the inside. He bravely bares witness for the many who cannot. \u003cem\u003eNo Home In This Land\u003c\/em\u003e is knock-out poetry. A big, big price was paid for each of these poems.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eToday's Book of Poetry\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e, on\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eNo Home in This Land\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eby Rasaq Malik\u003c\/strong\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e \u003cem\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eCritical Praise for the Previous Chapbook Box Sets: \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\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.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e \u003cem\u003e \u003cbr\u003e --\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e on \u003cem\u003eNew-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Tatu)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\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.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e \u003cem\u003e \u003cbr\u003e --\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe 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. 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