Call for Submissions - Bob-Re:Pac-Aged (The Hot 5 Project)

Call for Submissions

Bob-Re:Pac-Aged – an anthology of poetry exploring of the political vision of Bob Marley and Tupac Shakur and imagining what their place/politics would be if they had aged. Edited by Nikki Giovanni.

flipped eye publishing seeks submissions for Bob-Re:Pac-Aged, a new anthology of poetry imagination the evolution of the politics and ideology of Robert Nesta Marley and Tupac Shakur into present times.

Poetry submitted will attempt to dissect the political vision of Bob Marley and Tupac Shakur and imagine what their place/politics would be if they had aged. For example, by looking at Bob’s work and how it developed one can imagine the progression that Tupac might have made. For example, Bob’s work at age 25 (the age at which Tupac recorded All Eyez on Me and died) like Back Out & Caution (1970) is very much about tough living conditions in Trenchtown – similar to a lot of the lyrics on All Eyez on Me e.g. Life Goes On, I Ain’t Mad Atcha – compared to universality of Redemption Song and the subtle politics of even the radio-friendly Could You Be Loved. The 10-year journey of growth between those songs of Marley’s is a journey Tupac missed. However, they shared the same streak of belief that opposing sides could be united e.g. Tupac tried to unite the Bloods & Crips gang members through picnics, while Bob Marley tried to reconcile Manley and Seaga, fierce political opponents who split the ghettos of Kingston along gang lines, at a concert.

You may submit up to 3 poems (maximum of 60 lines) per person.

Submissions are by e-mail only to hot5@flippedeye.net and should contain the word ‘Pac’ in the subject field (submissions without it will be automatically filtered out).

The deadline for submissions is May 20 2006.

About the Editor: Nikki Giovanni has published several collections of poetry, including her widely-referenced debut, Black Feeling, Black Talk, and is the recipient of honours such as the Langston Hughes award for Distinguished Contributions to Arts and Letters (1996) and NAACP Image Award for Literature (1998). She is currently Professor of English and Gloria D. Smith Professor of Black Studies at Virginia Tech.

 
Bob-Re:Pac-Aged is part of a 5-book box set of poetry anthologies called The Hot 5, all edited by leading poets from around the world. The set will be accompanied by jazz compositions produced by the pioneering London jazz label Dune Records.

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