The mouthmark book of poetry book pdf
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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 10000 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 The Mouthmark Book of Poetry.
