The Global Poetics Project

"Cultural memory is no longer relegated to the realm of oral storytelling or mass media. Now, what we remember might derive from what is searchable, what we can google." @AmaBemma at #AfricanDH2020 talking about @GlobalPoetics_ . #AAASKU #AAASKUat50 @IDRH_KU #poetry #dh

This summer we had a great time working with our student research fellows & library fellow on our African little mag project. We explored how digital tools enhance our study of poetry & developed visualizations of our findings, which will be valuable for researchers & students!

We're still accepting applications!

🚨Hiring!! Are you a Brand Identity Specialist with a flair for artistic design? Join us as we redesign in preparation for our 5-year (+) anniversary. We need your expertise to craft our new look! 📬 How to Apply: 📩 Email your portfolio to info@globalpoetics.org

So sad to hear of the passing of the Ghanaian poet, Adjei Agyei-Baah in New Zealand where he was completing his PhD. Please support his family if you can. This man has been a very supportive mentor to many young Ghanaian poets (including me). So sad!🥹😭 givealittle.co.nz/cause/please-h…

Please donate what you can to support this amazing man’s family. givealittle.co.nz/cause/please-h…

The Evaristo Prize is open for two more days! Click the link for more information and to enter your poems via Submittable africanpoetrybookfund.submittable.com/login?returnUr…

Bye New York👋🏿 We were based in New York for almost 5 years, but we’ve officially moved to St, Louis, MO. We’re excited to keep utilizing creativity & technology in the study of poetry & poetics at the lab🧪 We have new projects unfolding, & we can’t wait to share them w/ you 💫

We're so excited to be working with a new team this summer! Lots of great things will be happening!

Our director recently spoke about one of our ongoing projects at the African Poetry Digital Portal conference.

Congratulations to @CPhillipsPoet, @fsgbooks and @WUSTL. #Pulitzer

We'll be hiring for two new positions! 1 new Graduate Research Assistant and 1 new Social Media Manager. We're excited to expand the team!

Cheers to our last team meeting of the semester! We're excited about what 2023 will bring! globalpoetics.org/about/

Two new events are being shared next week! Gather your friends, your tea, and your pencils and pens (or laptop). Scribbles will ensue. More soon.

Last call to submit to the Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry! Publishers, send us your books published within the last year, postmarked by Oct 1st. Details are here: africanpoetrybf.unl.edu/contest-prizes… Check out our 2021 winner, "Deluge" by @laypay, and her next book, FIGMENT.

Sometime in September, we'll be sharing the full, updated team!

Cheers to more spin-off projects! The GPP has the word "project" in our name because we are truly a home for poetry projects and thought-experiments. Per our website, we're an "Experimental Archive, Co-Working Space, & Production Studio." Cheers to more experiments!

We have fixed the issue on the website, and it is currently up again.

The GPP website is currently down and we are actively trying to correct our server issue.

Friends in Accra, Ghana, @kwamedawes & Lorna Dawes will be offering an open Q&A session about the African Poetry Book Fund on Monday, August 8th at 10am in the Balme Library Conference Room at the University of Ghana. Join to learn more about APBF's publications & initiatives!

RELAUNCH! EPISODE 38: DISTANT READING @AmaBemma talks about methods of distant reading, their benefits and shortcomings, and how they apply to the @GlobalPoetics_ project. hightheory.net/2021/04/26/dis…