Professor Adimora-Ezeigbo urged the judges to elevate literature as a catalyst for national development. With poetry in focus this year, the Nigeria Prize for Literature continues to celebrate and reward outstanding literary achievements, reaffirming its commitment to nurturing Nigeria's rich literary landscape.
Masterclass Alert: Gbenga Adesina to Lead Exclusive Poetry Workshop in Lagos Renowned poet and literary scholar Gbenga Adesina, winner of the 2016 Brunel International African Poetry Prize, will be hosting a free poetry masterclass sponsored by Goethe-Institut Nigeria. The session, set to take place on Thursday, July 12, at 12 PM, promises an enriching exploration of poetic craft and creativity for participants at Lagos City Hall, Catholic Mission Street, Lagos Island. Currently a Starworks Poetry Fellow at New York University, where he also teaches Undergraduate Creative Writing, Adesina has garnered accolades for his deeply evocative poetry. His works, including Painter…
Ada Limón 1976 – Out here, there’s a bowing even the trees are doing. Winter’s icy hand at the back of all of us.Black bark, slick yellow leaves, a kind of stillness that feelsso mute it’s almost in another year. I am a hearth of spiders these days: a nest of trying. We point out the stars that make Orion as we take out the trash, the rolling containers a song of suburban thunder. It’s almost romantic as we adjust the waxy blue recycling bin until you say, Man, we should really learnsome new constellations. And it’s true. We keep forgetting…
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