WHY I WRITE: WRITING IS EVERYTHING by Ruth Dahiru
I can’t imagine it. Not for lack of trying because I have, tried that is. A countless number of times, if I’m to be honest, but the end is the...
YOU DON’T NEED SADNESS TO WRITE GOOD POEMS: A NOTE BY ADEBAYO KOLAWOLE SAMUEL
This idea that the best pieces of poetry always come from sadness or brokenness or some inner chaos isn't true at all. Because of this wrong ideology, many intentionally put...
WRITERS AS GIFTED GIFTS
The life of a writer is somewhat solitary, not necessarily because it is not possible for a writer to be an extrovert but because the art of writing is deeper...
OF POETS AND CRITICS: SEUN LARI-WILLIAMS VS. THE ERINYES OF NIGERIAN POETRY
When John Greenleaf Whittier (then already an established poet) first got a hold of Walt Whitman’s poems, he dismissed them as “loose, lurid, and impious,” and summarily threw his gift-copy...
ICHABOD: OF GODS, WANNABES AND THE EVANESCENT GLORY OF NIGERIAN POETRY by Soonest Nathaniel Scholes
In a passionate bid to promote the seriousness and importance of poetry, Joseph Brodsky in his opening remark as U. S. Poet Laureate, opined that what distinguishes humans from the...
STORYTELLING QUOTES FROM GREAT WRITERS by Lucy Adams
Literature is a huge repository of spiritual and moral values. It would seem that all of us have long been familiar with works of the best writers like Leo Tolstoy,...
5 WAYS TO ENRICH YOUR VOCABULARY AS A WRITER by Lucy Adams
What stands behind rich vocabulary? Obviously, that’s a huge intellectual wealth that makes you a great orator and pleasant companion. Unfortunately, libraries were replaced by computer games and other entertainment...
WORLD POETRY DAY 2017: POETRY AND I by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson!
It is World Poetry Day 2017 and I am elated. The reason is simply because I love poetry! As an individual growing up in a fast changing world, reading, writing...
WRITING, PUBLISHING: THE FOUR CAREER STAGES OF AUTHORSHIP by King Samuel Benson
Every published author, whether traditionally published or indie published, fall into one of these four career stages of authorship. THE UNKNOWN AUTHOR All authors start out from this stage. This...
READER'S BILL OF RIGHTS by Daniel Pennac
As a reader, you have rights presented as READER'S BILL OF RIGHTS by French writer Daniel Pennac, recipient of the Prix Renaudot (for his essay Chagrin d'école): The right to not read The...