{"product_id":"to-cast-a-dream","title":"To Cast A Dream","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1625688443600_410\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWale Ayinla\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the winner of the sixth annual Toi Derricotte + Cornelius Eady Chapbook Prize. Created through a partnership between Cave Canem, The Writer's Room at the Betsy Hotel, and O, Miami Poetry Festival, the prize honors one chapbook manuscript a year by a black poet, regardless of the poet's publication history or career status. The manuscript was selected by Mahogany L. Browne.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eBrowne notes: “The collection,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTo Cast a Dream\u003c\/em\u003e, serves as both eulogy and ode; to the water, to the land, and to the survival of voice. Song, Ocean, Skin, Lapis and Lift — these moments of liberation are the pulse of the poetry. And they beckon us closer, to the page and to ourselves. Who revels in the shine of this literary legacy? Wale Ayinla.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWale Ayinla\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a Nigerian poet, essayist, and editor. His works recently appeared or are forthcoming on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGuernica, South Dakota Review, TriQuarterly, Rhino Poetry, UpTheStaircase Quarterly, The LitQuarterly, Cimarron Review, Ruminate Magazine, McNeese Review, Poet Lore\u003c\/em\u003e, and elsewhere. He is a staff reader for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAdroit Journal\u003c\/em\u003e. He has a Pushcart prize nomination and several Best of the Net and Best New Poets Award nominations. In 2020, he was a finalist for numerous prizes which include the Jack Grapes Poetry Prize, and his manuscript,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSea Blues on Water Meridian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas a finalist for the inaugural Center for African American Poetry and Poetics (CAAPP) Book Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eCover design and layout by Topos Graphics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003ePublication of this chapbook was made possible through support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Miami-Dade County, and Schmidt Family Foundation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dale Zine Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47898276102305,"sku":"uzs1789952105465","price":8.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/1393\/5777\/files\/to-cast-a-dream_1.jpg?v=1789952110","url":"https:\/\/cratetraining.shop\/products\/to-cast-a-dream","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}