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The Makings of You

The Makings of You


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Nii Ayikwei Parkes' début collection encompasses the story of a triangular trade in reverse – a family history that goes from the Caribbean back to Sierra Leone, and in his own life from London to Ghana, and back again. His gift as a poet is for the most rewarding kind of story-telling, including those stories told with wit and an engaging ambivalence about himself. His narratives move unerringly to a perfect punch-line, but in the collection as a whole there is a refreshing lack of complacency in his willingness to move out of his comfort zone and explore areas of imaginative fantasy, as in his Ballast series, a tour de force of defamiliarisation, where he imagines how the slave trade would have gone had its mode of transport been the hot air balloon, rather than the slave ship. There is much humour, but it comes from a family tradition of knowing that 'our jokes weren't really funny, they were just sad/ stories we learned to laugh at'. Like all poets with a largeness of heart, with no embarrassment about embracing the deepest feelings, Parkes has an especial sensitivity to the promise and acute sensitivities of childhood, both his own and others. "An astonishing, powerful remix of history and language and the possibilities of both" Ali Smith, The Guardian Nii Ayikwei Parkes is the author of three poetry pamphlets. In 2007 he was awarded Ghana's National ACRAG award for poetry and literary advocacy.

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Nii Ayikwei Parkes, born in the UK to parents from Ghana, where he was raised, is a writer, editor and socio-cultural commentator. A recipient of Ghana’s ACRAG award for poetry and literary advocacy, he is Senior Editor at flipped eye publishing. Winner of multiple awards, notably the Prix Laure Bataillon for the French translation of his novel Tail of the Blue Bird, he splits his time between Ghana and the UK, where he produces literature events and teaches.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781845231590
  • Publisher: Peepal Tree Press Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Peepal Tree Press Ltd
  • Language: English
  • Weight: 176 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1845231597
  • Publisher Date: 30 Oct 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Returnable: Y


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