{"product_id":"toward-a-living-archive-of-african-poetry-kwame-dawes-and-chris-abani-on-the-new-generation-african-poets-chapbook-series","title":"Toward a Living Archive of African Poetry Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani on the New-Generation African Poets Chapbook Series","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kwame Dawes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTitle:\u003c\/b\u003e Toward a Living Archive of African Poetry Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani on the New-Generation African Poets Chapbook Series\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2025-08-05\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e TOWARD A LIVING ARCHIVE OF AFRICAN POETRY collects Kwame Dawes's and Chris Abani's introductory essays for the New-Generation African Poets Chapbook Box Set Series. These essays are conversations that celebrate the work of emerging African poets and build--meticulously and with principled care--a vision of a pluralistic literary community in which poets may thrive. Over more than ten years, Dawes and Abani have offered readers a glimpse into their editorial labor and philosophy, which are guided by generosity and curiosity and trust in the work of African poets. Dawes's and Abani's editorial labor is a gift, an expansive curation that honors the past, present, and future of African literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2024, the APBF celebrates the publication of the tenth edition of the New-Generation African Poets Chapbooks Box Sets. Each of the box sets, edited by Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani, feature a selection of chapbooks by emerging African authors who have not yet published a full-length collection of poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany thought-provoking threads related to African poetics appear across the essays. They advance a transnational vision of and for African poetry, one arising from their literary leadership to imagine and create a landscape in which the work of as many poets as possible can thrive, receive recognition, and be preserved for future generations. For, as they mention in their introduction to NANE, \"the idea of a poetic community enacts the promise of being seen.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781636142555\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e height: 20 mm, length: 210 mm, width: 133 mm, weight: 369 g\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e en\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kwame Dawes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53801827238195,"sku":"9781636142555","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0949\/3636\/7411\/files\/14587253482770.jpg?v=1785981822","url":"https:\/\/bookabaloo.com\/products\/toward-a-living-archive-of-african-poetry-kwame-dawes-and-chris-abani-on-the-new-generation-african-poets-chapbook-series","provider":"Bookabaloo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}