POETRY

BLOOD AND BONES – POETS.ORG

NOMENCLATURES II | DUST AND BONES | WAR | THE LANGUAGES I SPEAK | THE CATTLE FARMER | THE EUCALYPTUS TREE – WORLD LITERATURE TODAY 

NOMENCLATURES OF INVISIBILITY – POETS.ORG

YOUR BODY IS WAR (I) | THE OLD TREE – HERMENEUTICS CHAOS

BEGINNINGS – POETS.ORG

JOURNEY WITH DANTE | AMBER – AT LENGTH

WE, MADE OF BONE – POETS.ORG

CROSSING BORDERS | SWALLOWING SUNS | INVISIBLE | YOUR BODY IS WAR (IV) – PRAIRIE SCHOONER

LIT – BARROW STREET

CRACKLING BLUE – VISUAL VERSE

WHERE I LEAVE YOU – POEMS AGAINST BORDERS, THE MISSING SLATE

THE YELLOW WOMAN | THE SOUND OF WATER | STORIES – VOICES FROM LEIMERT PARK REDUX, LOS ANGELES POETRY ANTHOLOGY

BLOOD DISPARITIES | SHE SAYS THEY COME AT NIGHT – THE 2RIVER VIEW

ORIGINS & INTERSECTIONS | POLKA DOT DREAMS | WHILE WEEPING – BLAST FURNACE LITERARY JOURNAL

E IS FOR EDEN – MAD HATTERS REVIEW

ON CREMATION – CACTUS HEART PRESS

SOMETHING SLEEPS IN THE MUD-BEDS OF THE NILE – MANDALA LITERARY JOURNAL

TWENTY QUESTIONS FOR YOUR MOTHER – MANDALA LITERARY JOURNAL

SONG OF THE DEAD – LUNA LUNA MAGAZINE

SMALL TRAGEDIES | SYNESTHESIA – BLACKBERRY: A MAGAZINE

FUCHSIA – CALLALLOO LITERARY JOURNAL

DAISIES & DEATH – DIVERSE VOICES QUARTERLY

TALKS ABOUT RACE – NUMERO CINQ

BROKEN MEN – DEAD FLOWERS 

SISTER BLACK, SISTER BLUE – CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF POETICS

A DREAM IN SEQUENCES – CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF POETICS

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PROSE

THE BOOK OF KINGS, EXCERPT - MICHIGAN QUARTERLY REVIEW

THIS, TOO, IS WAR – WORLD LITERATURE TODAY

SLEEPING WITH HYENAS – THE BITTER OLEANDER PRESS

THE MONK OF ZEGE – LONG STORY, SHORT LITERARY JOURNAL

THE BLUE SHADOW – ADDIS ABABA NOIR

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SELECTED MEDIA

THE OKAYAFRICA 2016 YEAR-END BOOK LIST – OKAYAFRICA

NEW BEGINNINGS: THE FRESHEST BOOKS OF 2016 – THE UNDEFEATED

AS IF THE WORLD HAS NOT TURNED ITS BACK, INTERVIEW – THE MASSACHUSSETS REVIEW 

THE KEEPER OF SORROWS, INTERVIEW – THE RUMPUS 

FUCHSIA REVIEW – WORLD LITERATURE TODAY

FUCHSIA SYNOPSIS – THE POETRY FOUNDATION

MICRO REVIEW OF FUCHSIA – THE KENYON REVIEW

POETRY OF THE HUMAN BODY – AFRICA IN DIALOGUE 

WHITE IS COLOR, BLACK IS ART, INTERVIEW – SHORT STORY DAY AFRICA

25 NEW BOOKS BY AFRICAN WRITERS YOU SHOULD READ – LITERARY HUB

BOOKS BY BLACK AUTHORS TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN 2016 – THE ROOT

THE SWEETEST DEBUT, INTERVIEW – FLAVORWIRE

ON POETRY AND THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE – NPR

THE MALLEABLE POETICS OF CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN POETS – WORLD LITERATURE TODAY 

FUCHSIA, INTERVIEW – OTIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN

FUCHSIA, INTERVIEW – PRAIRIE SCHOONER 

FUCHSIA, REVIEW – PLUME POETRY

FUCHSIA, REVIEW – FOURTH & SYCAMORE

FUCHSIA, INTERVIEW – POETRY L.A.