Chisom Okafor
@ChisomOkafor16
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Darlington Chibueze Anuonye in Conversation with Chisom Okafor
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Darlington Chibueze Anuonye is a literary conversationist, editor, and writer. Chisom Okafor is a poet and clinical nutritionist. They wrote back and forth in early April, discussing intersec…
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"There is much to gain from African knowledge, not least an understanding of how one's ancestors can bless a life. We learn as much from Nigerian poet @ChinuaEzenwa," writes Foreword of THE NAMING. Order your copy of the book: https://t.co/UKy7uUhCgU
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Please, pre-order my debut full-length book of poems, published by @UnivNebPres using the link below 👇 https://t.co/mXzCK55HzG
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(3/3) 🔸"In Which a Son and a Mother Meet at the Parking Lot of an Airport Where Queerness Attempts Not to Be a Metaphor..." by @ug_damian 🔸"Airports Are Quiet Now and I Can’t Get To You..." by Emily Daniel 🔸"The Igbo word for death is almost the same..." by @ChisomOkafor16
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Rounding out our Best of the Net 2026 series, we’re delighted to announce our Poetry nominees! Congratulations and good luck to our nominated poets. (1/3). @TXSTEnglish @txstmfa
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I'm so happy to share that author copies of my debut poetry collection, Fenestration, are here, which means your pre-orders are on their way. I'm grateful to everyone who made this child's birth possible. Isn't she lovely? Come, celebrate with me. Order: https://t.co/MLj9VGyQmP
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Winged Witnesses Book by Chisom Okafor @ChisomOkafor16 Publisher: @UnivNebPress The voices in these poems have witnessed the microhistories of the atypical body, the unusual body, the enjambed body, the chronically ill body.... Get it here: https://t.co/v2hm78mMNi
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Immensely grateful 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Exciting reads ahead. Here’s our shortlist of five must-read African books coming to stores in Q4 2025!📚 Check them out, pre-order, and get ready to dive in! #AfricanLiterature #NewReleases #Q42025 #BookLovers #ReadAfrican
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Exciting reads ahead. Here’s our shortlist of five must-read African books coming to stores in Q4 2025!📚 Check them out, pre-order, and get ready to dive in! #AfricanLiterature #NewReleases #Q42025 #BookLovers #ReadAfrican
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🌿 Big congratulations to Emily Adams-Aucoin, winner of our Editor’s Prize for It Adheres to Many Things! 🎉 Applause as well to our talented finalists: Sarah Aziz, Ammara Younas, Corine Huang, Geoff Collins, and Chisom Okafor. 💛 #poetry #EditorsPrize
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Here are the names of the brilliant authors: 1) Othuke Umokoro 2) Hussain Ahmed 3) Gbenga Adesina 4) D. M. Aderibigbe 5) Adedayo Agarau 6) Chinua Ezenwa 7) Chisom Okafor 8) Itiola Jones 9) Michael Imossan
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1) Pre-order FENESTRATION 2) Pre-order CROSSROAD MIRROR 3) Pre-order DEATH DOES NOT END AT THE SEA 4) Pre-order 82ND DIVISION 5) Pre-order THE YEARS OF BLOOD 6) Pre-order THE NAMING 7) Pre-order WINGED WITNESS 8) Pre-order BLOODMERCY 9) Pre-order ALL THAT REFUSES TO DIE
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Chisom Okafor is the author of Winged Witnesses and the chapbook All I Know About a Heavy Heart Is How to Carry It. He lives in Tuscaloosa where he is an MFA in Creative Writing candidate at the University of Alabama.
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Guest Announcement 📢 Chisom Okafor (@ChisomOkafor16 ) is the author of Winged Witnesses (University of Nebraska Press) and the chapbook, All I know About A Heavy Heart Is How To Carry It (Jacar Press), selected by Jaki Shelton Green as winner of the New Voices Award.
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Jedidiah Mugarura wins the 2025 Sillerman First Book Prize for “Nyamuteza," to be published by @UnivNebPress! APBF is grateful for all the African poets who shared their work with us this year. We've received such excellent manuscripts! Read more: https://t.co/MG0TT5833K
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Day 2 I posted "In which the cardiologist discovers, from electrocardiography, the aetiology of my heart malfunction" by Chisom Okafor Read here: https://t.co/RTNFP2iHhQ
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