Mapping the Future

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The Complete Works

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Mapping the Future presents new poetry and essays by all 30 writers supported by The Complete Works project, which has transformed British poetry by increasing representation of poets of colour from less than 1% in 2008 to over 20% in 2020. Featuring celebrated voices such as Warsan Shire, Raymond Antrobus, Mona Arshi, and Karen McCarthy Woolf, this anthology explores the evolving inclusivity of British poetry over the past 15 years, combining striking poems with insightful essays that address pivotal cultural and social themes. Edited by Karen McCarthy Woolf and Dr Nathalie Teitler, with a foreword by Bernardine Evaristo, it offers a timely reflection on what has been won and what remains to be fought for in the poetic landscape.
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This anthology is ideal for readers interested in contemporary British poetry, cultural diversity, and social change through literature. It appeals to those who appreciate poetry that challenges traditional boundaries and offers insightful commentary on inclusion and identity in the arts.

Ground-breaking anthology of poets of colour from The Complete Works, the most successful collective ever formed in British poetry, who have helped to bring about a more diverse and representative publishing landscape. The book includes new poetry by all 30 poets together with highly personal and politically engaged essays by 10 of the writers.

Bloodaxe Books

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Mapping the Future offers new work by all 30 writers supported by The Complete Works project, 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.

In 2008, the level of poets of colour published by major presses in the UK was less than 1%. By 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 over a twelve-year period, The Complete Works 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 Sunday Times. The Complete Works has become the most successful collective ever formed in British poetry.

Mapping the Future is not just a magnificent anthology of some of the best UK poets; it is also an exploration of 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, the anthology 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.

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, with a foreword by Bernardine Evaristo.

Mapping the Future 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. - Bernardine Evaristo

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Bernardine Evaristo hails Mapping the Future as a groundbreaking anthology offering fresh and daring perspectives from a new generation of British poets, marking a landmark moment in poetry history. Chris McCabe of the National Poetry Library highlights the anthology's role in representing the seismic shift in publishing poets of colour since 2008, with contributions from leading figures including Raymond Antrobus and Warsan Shire. The Guardian recognises it as a significant collection bringing deserved recognition to British-based poets of colour, praising its generous scope and cultural importance.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781780376714

Publisher: Bloodaxe Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 19 October 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloodaxe Books Ltd

Edition: Paperback original

Contributors:

Edited by Karen McCarthy Woolf
Edited by Nathalie Teitler

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 248

Collections

Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Poetry

About the Author

Karen McCarthy Woolf is the author of two poetry collections and the editor of seven literary anthologies. Her debut collectionAn Aviary of Small Birds(Carcanet, 2014) was shortlisted for the Forward Felix Dennis and Jerwood Prizes, and was an Observer Book of the Year. Her second, Seasonal Disturbances (Carcanet, 2017), was a winner in the inaugural Laurel Prize for ecological poetry. In 2019 she moved to Los Angeles as a Fulbright postdoctoral scholar and Writer in Residence at the Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA exploring the relationship between poetry, law and the impacts of capitalism on black, brown and indigenous bodies. After returning to the UK, 2021 took her to Brazil as an artist in residence at the Sacatar Institute in Bahia where she was researching new work that explores sugar and its cultural and material legacies.

Nathalie Teitler works across the fields of arts, activism and academia. Born in Buenos Aires, she holds a PhD in Latin American Poetry (King's College London, 2000). She has run literature programmes promoting diversity in the UK for over 20 years, founding the first national mentoring and translation programmes for writers living in exile, and is the Director of The Complete Works. In 2015 she founded the world's first poetry-dance company, Dancing Words, which produces live pieces and films which have been shown at festivals around the world.She was appointed Projects Manager for the Jerwood Compton Poetry Fellowships in 2018, and has been a director of Bloodaxe Books since 2021.