{"product_id":"9781780376714","title":"Mapping the Future","description":"Author: Karen McCarthy Woolf\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781780376714\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloodaxe\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Apr 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 320\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMapping the Future\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eoffers new work by all 30 writers supported by\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Complete Works project\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2008 the level of poets of colour published by major presses in the UK was less than 1%. By 2020 it was over 20%. \u003ci\u003eThe Complete Works Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e  an initiative spearheaded by Booker Prize winner\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eBernardine Evaristo\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e played a significant role in this change.Supporting 30 poets over a twelve-year period, \u003ci\u003eThe Complete Works\u003c\/i\u003e produced an unprecedented number of prizewinners, including the Forward Prizes, T.S. Eliot Prize, Ted Hughes Award, Somerset Maugham Award, Dylan Thomas Prize, Rathbones Folio Prize and\u003ci\u003eSunday Times The Complete Works\u003c\/i\u003e has become the most successful collective ever formed in British poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMapping the Future\u003c\/i\u003e 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. As well as poetry, theanthology 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.This anthology offers a timely insight into British poetry and how the voice of the 'other' continues to take centre-stage in pivotal times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMapping the Future\u003c\/i\u003e is edited by poet Karen McCarthy Woolf, editor of the second two Ten anthologies in \u003ci\u003eThe Complete Works \u003c\/i\u003eseries, with Dr Nathalie Teitler, director of \u003ci\u003eThe Complete Works\u003c\/i\u003e, with a foreword by Bernardine Evaristo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;Mapping the Future\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is a groundbreaking anthology of poetry and original essays offering fresh and daring literary perspectives from a new generation of outstanding British poets. It represents a landmark moment in the history of poetry.\u0026amp;#x27; - Bernardine Evaristo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46852896358558,"sku":"ADS-9781780376714","price":42.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781780376714.jpg?v=1779064489","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781780376714","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}