In 2008 the level of poets of colour published by major presses was
less than 1%. In 2020 it was over 20%. The Complete Works Poetry
– an initiative spearheaded by Booker Prize winner Bernardine
Evaristo – played a significant role in this change. Supporting
30 poets from 2008 through to 2020, The Complete Works produced an
unprecedented number of prizewinners, including the Forward Prizes
(3), T.S. Eliot Prize (2), Ted Hughes Award (2), Somerset Maugham
Award, Dylan Thomas Prize, Rathbones Folio Prize and Sunday Times
Young Writer of the Year Award. TCW Fellows have also gone on to
judge every major poetry award, and to take on significant roles in
academia and translation, publishing over 40 collections. The
Complete Works has become the most successful collective ever
formed in British poetry. Mapping the Future offers new work by all
30 writers it has supported, including Warsan Shire, Raymond
Antrobus, Mona Arshi, Roger Robinson, Inua Ellams, Malika Booker,
Sarah Howe, Will Harris, Kayo Chingonyi, Jay Bernard, Yomi Sode and
Karen McCarthy Woolf. It also includes fierce essays re-drawing the
map of British poetry by 10 of the 30 poets, touching on the most
significant topics of our time. Mapping the Future is not just a
magnificent anthology of some of the best UK poets, it is also an
exploration on how poetry in Britain has become much more inclusive
over the past 15 years: what has been won, and what is still being
fought for. This anthology offers a timely insight into British
poetry and how the voice of the ‘other’ continues to take
centre-stage in pivotal times. Mapping the Future is edited by poet
Karen McCarthy Woolf, editor of the second two Ten anthologies in
The Complete Works series, with Dr Nathalie Teitler, director of
The Complete Works.
General
Imprint: |
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
October 2023 |
First published: |
2023 |
Editors: |
Karen McCarthy Woolf
• Nathalie Teitler
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
Pages: |
320 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-78037-671-4 |
Subtitles: |
English
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Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-78037-671-5 |
Barcode: |
9781780376714 |
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