Becoming Abigail
A breathtaking novella from the award-winning author of Song for Night and GraceLand.
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Chris Abani
Chris Abani, a Nigerian-born, award-winning poet and novelist, currently teaches at Northwestern University in Chicago. He is the recipient of a PEN USA Freedom-to-Write Award, a Prince Claus Award, a Lannan Literary Fellowship, a California Book Award, a Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, a PEN Beyond Margins Award, a PEN/Hemingway Award, and a Guggenheim Award. He is the editor of Lagos Noir and the coeditor of Kumi: New-Generation African Poets, A Chapbook Box Set.
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Eight New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set
This nine-piece box set, an African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) project, features the work of eight African poets.
Kumi: New-Generation African Poets, A Chapbook Box Set
Forthcoming: 12/3/24
This 10-piece, limited-edition box set—an African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) project—features the work of nine new African poets.
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Lagos Noir (Nigeria)
West Africa enters the Noir Series arena, meticulously edited by one of Nigeria’s best-known authors.
New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Nane)
This fourteen-piece, limited-edition box set—an African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) project—features the work of thirteen new African poets.
New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Nne)
This eleven-piece, limited-edition box set—an African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) project—features the work of ten new African poets.
New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Saba)
This twelve-piece, limited-edition box set—an African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) project—features the work of eleven new African poets.
New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Sita)
This eleven-piece, limited-edition box set—an African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) project—features the work of ten new African poets.
New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Tano)
This twelve-piece, limited-edition box set—an African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) project—features the work of eleven new African poets.
New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Tatu)
This limited-edition nine-piece box set, an African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) project, features the work of new African poets.
Song for Night
Chris Abani’s new novella furthers his reputation as the most acclaimed young African writer today.
Tisa: New-Generation African Poets, A Chapbook Box Set
This twelve-piece, limited-edition box set—an African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) project—features the work of eleven new African poets.
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Abstraktion und Einfühlung
Percival Everett enriches the ranks of Chris Abani’s acclaimed Black Goat poetry series.
Auto Mechanic’s Daughter
Harryman’s lyrical voyage launches Nigerian author Chris Abani’s visionary new poetry imprint, Black Goat, with an introduction by Maurya Simon.
Black History Digit
In celebration of the release of Black History Month, our Black History Digit includes excerpts from our two February Releases—Nowhere Is a Place by Bernice L. McFadden and The Gospel According to Cane by Courttia Newland—along with Chris Abani’s Becoming Abigail and Kola Boof’s The Sexy Part of the Bible.
Conduit
Chris Abani’s acclaimed Black Goat series presents the debut collection from one of America’s most promising young poets.
Controlled Decay
A highly ambitious and visionary poetry debut from the first Mexican author in Chris Abani’s acclaimed Black Goat series.
eel on reef
A truly exciting American debut from a Nigerian writer on Chris Abani’s new poetry imprint, Black Goat, with an introduction by Kwame Dawes.
Gomer’s Song
Award-winning poet Kwame Dawes explores the insidious nature of power and the limits of protest for Chris Abani’s Black Goat poetry series.
Kingston Noir (Jamaica)
Following in the Caribbean footsteps of Haiti Noir and Trinidad Noir, now come dark stories from Jamaica’s capital city.
The Lesser Tragedy of Death
The highly anticipated debut poetry collection from the best-selling author of Dreaming in Cuban.
to be hung from the ceiling by strings of varying length
Young poet Rick Reid enters the pantheon of Chris Abani’s Black Goat poetry series.