poetry

Faber to Publish Adam: Gboyega Odubanjo’s Powerful Debut Collection.

18/06/2024

On 4 July 2024, Faber will release Adam, the...

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Instructions on Not Giving Up – Ada Limón.

01/05/2024

Ada Limón 1976 – More than the fuchsia funnels...

Poetry Master class in moments of epiphany.

05/03/2024

Poems often develop through indirection, by hinting or gesturing...

LION OF MY TRIBE

04/03/2024

Once upon a time, in the land of Jamaica,A...

The Past and The Present Are Siamese Twin in Ayo Deforge’s ‘Tearless’ —

24/02/2024

Is blood thicker than water? This is a question...

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Breath and Verse: a poetic meditation

23/02/2024

Sunday 10 March 2024 12.45pm – 1.30pm | Byre: Studio Theatre |...

Future Station: I’m Watching Out of my Ears: Echoes of Narcissus in the Work of Arthur Russell

22/02/2024

Metal at Edge Hill station, Liverpool, L7 6ND Tue...

A Gripping Account of the Struggles of African Migrants in India: A review of Onyeka Nwelue’s “The Nigerian Mafia in Mumbai” — Suleiman Ahmed

22/02/2024

Uche aspired to be a Nollywood star but finds...

In the spirit of Auden’s birth (he was born OTD in 1907), this review of The Complete Poems of W. H. Auden (Vol 1 and 2) by Anthony Madrid has returned to me. Incredibly funny, if not a little annoying even.

21/02/2024

The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Poems, Vols. 1...

Of crazy men and women: A review of Obinna Udenwe’s ‘The Widow Who Died With Flowers In Her Mouth’

21/02/2024

Nearly all the men and women in Obinna Udenwe’s...