I
thought it would be interesting to select a handful of titles from the above/ground press
backlist for a Black Lives Matter chapbook giveaway, as a way to use
our resources to provide our support in tangible ways (we have also donated
monies, as we’ve been able), and to help further amplify the work of some writers of colour the press has produced over the years. So, read up on resources to donate to in the link:
https://linktr.ee/NationalResourcesList
(thanks to Khashayar Mohammadi for providing the original link); and, after
donating (no proof required) $5 or more, I’ll send
you a chapbook of your choice from the list below; if you donate $25 or more, I’ll
send you a handful of titles, if you wish.
Poetry chapbook give-away titles
in this give-away include: Solitude is an Acrobatic Act (2020) by Khashayar
Mohammadi; Furigraphic
Horizons
(2019) by Hawad, translated from the French by Jake Syersak; from The Book
of Bramah (2019) by Renée Sarojini Saklikar; After the Battle of
Kingsway, the bees— (second printing, 2019) by Renée Sarojini Saklikar; Open
Island, three poems (2017) by Faizal Deen; CONCEALED WEAPONS / ANIMAL
SURVIVORS (2018) by natalie hanna; dark ecologies (2017) by natalie
hanna; G U E S T [a journal of guest editors] #9 (2020), edited by
natalie hanna; and ANGELTONGUE / LENGUA DE ÁNGEL (2018) by Miguel E.
Ortiz Rodríguez.
First
come, first served! And while supplies last, obviously. I’ve twenty or more of
all but natalie hanna’s earlier chapbook on hand for this give-away. I had
hoped, as well, to be able to include copies of either of Jordan Abel’s above/ground
press titles, or either of George Elliott Clarke’s above/ground press titles,
but I simply haven’t enough copies of any of those. If you are able to donate and
wish to let me know, send me an email to rob_mclennan (at) hotmail.com with
your mailing address, and your requested title(s). I will keep running this
until all of the chapbooks in this box by my desk is empty!
Could
above/ground press be better at producing works by writers of colour? Oh,
certainly. There’s plenty of room for improvement. I will do my best to do
better.
