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Some remarks on African Urban Echoes at the Gateway! thegatewayonline.ca/2025/04/book-r…

"Sturge Town offers the readers a poignant reminder of the place of ancestral names. There is a return to naming, to the acknowledgment of the living and the dead." - Rasaq Malik Gbọ́láhàn in convo with Kwame Dawes 🔥 theadroitjournal.org/issue-fifty-th…

"My poems about the dead are, I would like to think, love poems, poems that explore the nature of loss, the peculiar performance of mourning and its startling imposition on us." Massive thanks to Prof. Kwame Dawes, and thanks to The Adroit Journal. theadroitjournal.org/issue-fifty-th…

I am glad to announce that I have a poem in the spring 2025 issue of The Southern Review. Thanks to the editors for selecting this poem. Grateful. (RMG)

Thrilled to reveal the cover for my forthcoming book, ON MORRISON, out from Hogarth Books January 27, 2026! Thank you to @People Magazine for the announcement (link in thread).

For poetry on the boy child, I think for favorite poet of mine on the subject is Adedayo Agarau. He continue to witness for us what vulnerable masculinity means, quickly rejecting the patriarchal toxins that have polluted the imagination of the boy figure. In his new book too.

So, friends, I have a website. And yes - - still updating. But for now, it is here. It captures some of the memorable years of my literary life. rasaqmalikgbolahan.com (RMG)

We have a date for our next book chat Brown Bamboo! Tramaine Suubi, Ugandan poet , is reading with Iyanuoluwa Adenle. Tick date on your calendar! Register to keep a Zoom seat, us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

I am glad to have a new poem in The Walrus latest issue. This poem was written with my Moroccan friend, Houcien Abbouazza, in mind. We both waded thru America together in 2020. Grateful to Carmine Starnino for finding it worthy. Also coming forth from Contraband Bodies in Fall 2025

Join us tomorrow for some fantastic poetry!

"Passing," my poem that received an honourable mention in Quarterly West's Poetry Contest, is out. You can read it and the judge's blurb here. Please read the entire spring issue, too; it is formidable. I am grateful to all the folks at QW. quarterlywest.com/issue-114-umuk…

The vibrant souks of the Medina may sink into my skull like an old knife. If I die, my soul will roam this continent with pleasure, along its fine shorelines... thewalrus.ca/i-will-return-…

“On the atlas, home is a meadow of unmapped graves. Meet the people and you will see how they have learned to wear their pain like a beautiful corset—a little too tight but they still make a joke out of it” - Damilola Omotoyinbo poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine…

I am so grateful to Ìfẹ́olúwa Àyàndélé 🕊🕊🦉🦉 for this tenderly generous review of Terminal Maladies in Southeast Review . I couldn't be any more grateful for the care and attention Mr Ayandele took. southeastreview.org/single-post/bo…

I had A Robust Interview Session this morning with gentlemen of the Press from Just Events Online where I discussed Salient issues affecting kwara. facebook.com/share/v/1KwWZR…

Happy Democracy Day Nigeria…

JUST IN: A USA based Nigerian academic, Abidemi Babalola has won $300,000 Dan David Prize, the world’s largest award for research in history

Wole Soyinka, GCON 👍🏿

Nawa o, which one be you must hate Nigeria to be a good writer again, una go well

Louise Gluck