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...
REVIEW: ‘BOLD’ AMERICANAH NARRATIVE ACCOUNTS FOR AFRICAN MIGRANTS’ VILE MEANS OF SURVIVAL IN AMERICA
Title: Americanah Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Genre: Prose Fiction Publisher: Farafina Year of Publication: 2013 ISBN: 978- 978-51084-3-9 No. of Pages: 477 Reviewer: Eugene Yakubu Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is an...
REVIEW: ‘CARICATURE OF COLORS’ TRANSCENDS INTO THE HUES OF HUMANITY AND GROWTH
TITLE: Caricature of Colors GENRE: Poetry AUTHOR: Olanrewaju Oranyeli PUBLISHER: CreateSpace YEAR OF PUBLICATION: August, 2017 NUMBER OF PAGES: 136 ISBN: 978-1546444114 REVIEWER: Oyindamola Shoola "Olanrewaju has penned words that authenticate...
REVIEW: ACHEBE’S ‘THERE WAS A COUNTRY’ IS A MUST-READ NARRATIVE OF THE BIAFRAN STORY
Title: There Was a Country Author: Chinua Achebe Genre: Memoir, Historical Narrative Publisher: Penguin Year of Publication: 2012 Number of Pages: 352 ISBN: 978- 1- 846-14792-0 Reviewer: Eugene Yakubu One notable...
REVIEW: IN ‘TO BEE A HONEY’, OYINDAMOLA BECOMES A SINGER OF SWEET TUNES
Title: TO BEE A HONEY Genre: Poetry Author: Oyindamola Publisher: Createspace Year of Publication: 2017 Number of Pages: 94 ISBN: 978-1542954174 Reviewer: Kehinde Badiru As she opens what would become a soothing performance in our heart(s) as...
REVIEW: TONI KAN’S MASTERPIECE ‘THE CARNIVOROUS CITY’ IS A STORY OF HUMAN STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL
TITLE: The Carnivorous City AUTHOR: Toni Kan GENRE: Autobiography, Motivational PUBLISHER: Cassava Republic Press YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2016 NUMBER OF PAGES: 241 ISBN: 1911115243 (10), 978-1911115243 (13) REVIEWER: Victor Adedayo...
BASHIRAT’S ‘FROM PAIN TO PURPOSE’ IS AN ARCHIVE OF PAINS, LOSES, A GUIDEBOOK TO SURVIVAL
TITLE: FROM PAIN TO PURPOSE AUTHOR: Bashirat Abdulwahab GENRE: Autobiography, Motivational PUBLISHER: Words Rhymes & Rhythm Publishers YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2017 NUMBER OF PAGES: 81 ISBN: 978-978-961-999-3 REVIEWER: Joseph Omotayo...
METICULOUSLY WRITTEN ‘PRISONS OF OUR REALM’ IS ‘A GIFT TO ISLAM’ THAT HAS ‘SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE’
TITLE: PRISONS of OUR REALM AUTHOR: Rahmer Mustapha Goni GENRE: Non-fiction, Religious Motivational PUBLISHER: Words Rhymes & Rhythm Publishers YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2017 NUMBER OF PAGES: 84 ISBN: 978-978-54741-9-0 REVIEWER:...
‘AT WAR WITH LOVE’ BREAK’S CULTURAL BOUNDARIES CONCERNING WOMEN WITHOUT SHAME
TITLE: At War With Love GENRE: Poetry AUTHOR: Christtie Jay PUBLISHER: Createspace YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2017 NUMBER OF PAGES: 204 ISBN: 978-1973791195 REVIEWER: Shoola Oyindamola I admire how many young...