'The mouthmark Book of Poetry' is an anthology of the
individual-author titles published under the mouthmark poetry
pamphlet series, comprising the work of Nick Makoha, Inua Ellams,
Jacob Sam-La Rose, Jessica Horn, Truth Thomas, Denise Saul, Malika
Booker, Janett Plummer and Warsan Shire. The series was conceived
by flipped eye publishing's senior editor, Nii Ayikwei Parkes, as a
means to get poets from non-mainstream backgrounds - including
performance - into print. It was revolutionary for two reasons;
first, it was a pamphlet series developed with a specific aim
(later, tall-lighthouse would launch its pilot series, and, much
later, Faber would launch its New Poets Initiative); second, it was
a finite series - to end after ten pamphlets. After some success
with the first two pamphlets in the series, Nick Makoha's 'The Lost
Collection of an Invisible Man' (2005) and Inua Ellams' '13 Fairy
Negro Tales' (2005), the Arts Council of England provided funding
for the next four. It took six years for the series to be
completed, but its impact far exceeded expectations. Authors such
as Inua Ellams, Jacob Sam-La Rose (later editor of the last
pamphlet in the series), Nick Makoha and Warsan Shire, have risen
to international prominence; three of the pamphlets were cited by
the Poetry Book Society pamphlet selectors for their quality; five
of the poets have since been chosen for the ground-breaking
national Complete Works development programme for UK poets of
minority ethnic backgrounds; and Truth Thomas's from his pamphlet
'Party of Black' (2006) was chosen for Nikki Giovanni's 'The 100
Best African American Poems' (Sourcebooks, 2010). Crucially, the
series retailed admirably as well, with over 10,000 copies sold at
events - and through conventional retail channels. Now, with the
release of 'The mouthmark Book of Poetry', readers can experience
all nine individual poets published under the mouthmark poetry
pamphlet series in this collectible volume that retains hallmarks
of the iconic series, such as the distinctive brown paper-look
cover with bold black designs.
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