I'm in this issue, for poetry! Excited to read the other pieces.

Y'all should absolutely read this issue because outside of the incredible prose, david is very tired has 5 poems in it!!! Here, feast! lolwe.org/autofiction/

i am thrilled and honoured to be one of the judges for the international booker prize 2026 alongside such wonderful, brilliant people! thank you The Booker Prizes for this opportunity. 🙏🏿❤️

have you read the latest issue of Lolwe? read and share to support the work we do.

234drive.com/inaccessible-b… In my debut story for 234DRIVE, I chatted with several PwDs about what it means to move about in this country. This is one story that really challenged me but I had such a great time working on it with Oyinda Depo-Oyedokun. Kindly read, enjoy and share.

Thrilled to chat with Alexis Barton about editing Pamela Painter’s “The Lesson of Flash Floods” for Chestnut Review—later selected for Best Small Fictions 2025 Alternating Current Press. As an editor, this recognition means a lot. Read the interview here (free): patreon.com/posts/intervie…

I have no prime. I will evolve till I die

Nigerian poet Arike Pre-order, Oga awon olosho. wins the 2025 Evaristo Prize for African Poetry! 🏆 Awarded in honor of Bernardine Evaristo, the prize celebrates ten exceptional poems by an African poet each year. Congrats, Ameen! brittlepaper.com/2025/06/nigeri…

I was mindlessly scrolling through my chats when I remembered that I was getting published today. I decided to check. And, yes!, SouthernHumanitiesReview said you can feed on this: southernhumanitiesreview.com/582-like-skele…

WashU MFA graduate! Congrats, Arike Pre-order, Oga awon olosho.!

Yay! I am excited to announce that I have two publications on the June Issue of the POETRY Magazine. You can read and listen to me reading these poems here poetryfoundation.org/poets/damilola… Xoxo

We have a book cover!!! Jide Salawu, congratulations on this book. Can't wait to welcome it into the world. amazon.com/Contraband-Bod… Pre-order!!!!

my first book and my strangest inquiry - BATTALION SHAPED GIRL - out this September with Discount Guillotine. See you in the dark.

Record-breaking crowd gathers for Budapest Pride after Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, attempted to ban it and threatened legal repercussions.

Just the most gorgeous thing ever ❤️ 📷: simply shade

Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo’s Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo debut The Tiny Things Are Heavier is a book that lingers, sharp, tender, unforgettable. A dream of a writer. Beyond proud to share that my photograph was chosen as the cover for this stunning novel. Now in stores all over the US.

The horrors persist, but so do we. Happy July, folks. Today, we've brought to you another beautiful, talented, global award-winning (inserts applause), awe-inspiring, writer superstar: Elibaby according to Martins Deep! Let's go. Elias Udo-Ochi (He/Them) is a queer artist from Nigeria.🧵

Isele Prize 2025 winners announced #LiteraryAwards #Fiction #Poetry #Nonfiction Isele Magazine writingafrica.com/isele-prize-20…

Day 1. I posted Othuke Umukoro's "This" #30daysAfricanPoetryPinterest pin.it/3AajFL0gy