Check out this wonderful interview between Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize winner Patricia Smith (Patricia Smith) and Saeed Jones (Saeed Jones). bit.ly/3982Qgw

In Nigeria, thousands are protesting poor governance, corruption and the increasing cost of living. My story for Al Jazeera English: aljazeera.com/features/2024/…

James Baldwin, who was born 100 years ago today, was one of the most significant writers of the 20th century. Revisit his 1962 essay “Letter from a Region in My Mind”—a sweeping reflection on his life and treatment as a Black American. nyer.cm/yHPcEBW

We are so happy that our Poet Laureate Calabash co-founder will be closer to 🇯🇲!! Also Brown University is sooooo lucky to have Kwame Dawes 👍

My poetry manuscript, All I Know About a Heavy Heart Is How to Carry It, has been selected by Jaki Shelton Green as winner of the New Voices Award (Jacar Press) and will be published in 2025. Immensely grateful to Jaki, Richard Krawiec and everyone at Jacar Press.

Jaki Shelton Green has selected Chisom Okafor’s chapbook, All I Know About a Heavy Heart Is How to Carry It, for the New Voices Award. This is “a celebrated revival of the absorbing language of an observant writer who raises & struggles with the right questions.”

Chisom Okafor (Chisom Okafor) Wins Jacar Press (Jacar Press) 2024 New Voices Award for Poetry jaylit.com/chisom-okafor-…

I’ll be bringing Blue Exodus to Madison and Chicago too, come see me read 😁

A poet is always a work in progress.

Today is publication day for Koan Khmer. Please consider ordering this book If you’re interested in a book about Khmers on the East Coast, A book about Khmers on the West Coast (1/5) nupress.northwestern.edu/9780810147430/…

Winner of Jacar Press's New Voices Award, Nigerian poet Chisom Okafor 's collection ALL I KNOW ABOUT A HEAVY HEART IS HOW TO CARRY IT will be published in 2025. Jaki Shelton Green calls it “a celebrated revival" of "raw fierce and unflinching energy." brittlepaper.com/2024/08/chisom…

Thank you so much BRITTLE PAPER ❤️❤️❤️

I have been sitting on this news for a while now— but I am extremely excited to report that I have signed a contract with University of Nebraska Press under the African Poetry Book Series for my epic poem Bakandamiya. The book is forthcoming in Fall 2025.

I’m thrilled to share the official details of my chapbook which was selected by the inimitable Kwame Dawes & Abani for inclusion in the New-Generation African Poets Chapbook Boxset. I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE I'M GOING TO BE A PUBLISHED AUTHOR ✨ African Poetry Book Fund Akashic Books

If you’re in or around Providence this Fall please join us for our Writers on Writing series.

Just damn! iselemagazine.com/2024/08/30/not…

How to write about a place? How to write about a time? (Teju Cole and Christopher Bollen in a conversation from 10 years ago.) interviewmagazine.com/culture/teju-c…

Terminal Maladies, Nebeolisa Okwudili’s debut collection, examines the ripples of pain across families, continents, and competing desires. The speaker’s voice—declarative yet tender—conjures a story where nothing is benign, but malignant and hopeful are not antonyms. A great read!