We millennials like our poetry typed out in neat fonts on rustic pastel backgrounds, centred in a tiny square on a small screen. We read short, simple, and relatable poems which may strike a chord ...

Poetry is a beautiful art, which involves a lot of creativity just like other genres of art, but it seems it struggles to find its feat, compared to other genres of art. Poets in Nigeria struggle to ...

Learning a language is like constructing a building. Step by step, as the building blocks are cemented together, it gains height. Similarly, the building blocks of language (grammar, prose, poetry) ...

The longlist is the sixth shared by the organization, in celebration of the NBCC’s 50th anniversary Amazon The final National Book Critics Circle Awards genre longlist has arrived. On Dec. 19, the ...

Did you know that today, March 21, is World Poetry Day? If you are an ardent poetry lover but had no idea, do not kick yourself too hard. The Presidential Adviser on Literary Affairs, Prof. Timothy ...

What does the future hold for poetry in East Africa? Has time for juicy pieces like Okot P’Bitek’s Song of Lawino gone? Can the glory be reclaimed? Albeit these could be questions many poetry lovers ...

Birth, most people would agree, is a fairly important event. And poetry, most people would agree, tends to focus on subjects of intense emotional significance. So one would think the poetry of early ...

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