{"product_id":"all-that-refuses-to-die-9781496246097","title":"All That Refuses to Die","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll that Refuses to Die\u003c\/i\u003e is a poetry collection that interrogates the present conditions of Africans through a historical lens. Michael Imossan moves into historical spaces such as museums and sites of enslavement, touching artifacts that hold meaning, and asking, Where was Africa? Where is Africa now? And what has changed? The Biafran War that claimed three million lives, though declared over, still has its lingering effect on Nigeria and Nigerians. Congo, though free of King Leopold and the exploitation of cotton, is still not free of other kinds of exploitation, nor is Uganda. Though the slave trade has ended, African bodies are still found in the Sahara Desert and in the Atlantic Ocean.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll that Refuses to Die\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection that brims with stories and memories that evoke as well as provoke. As he moves through historical places, the poet compares the past with the present and finds that nothing has really changed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Imossan\u003c\/b\u003e is a Nigerian poet of Ibibio origin. He is curator of the poetry column for \u003ci\u003eNigerian NewsDirect\u003c\/i\u003e, poetry editor for the \u003ci\u003eChestnut Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and the author of the award-winning chapbook \u003ci\u003eFor the Love of Country and Memory\u003c\/i\u003e. Imossan's second chapbook, \u003ci\u003eThe Smell of Absence\u003c\/i\u003e, was selected for inclusion in \u003ci\u003eKumi Na Moja: New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a recipient of a PEN International writers' grant.\u003cb\u003e Kwame Dawes\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of literary arts at Brown University and the director and series editor of the African Poetry Book Fund.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52077981008146,"sku":"9781496246097","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ae3ef295-9512-4d8f-9ce7-6ae6a70feb36.jpg?v=1772526878","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/all-that-refuses-to-die-9781496246097","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}