My gratitude to Ifésinàchi Nwàdiké for this generous review of The Naming. Get a copy here: a.co/d/0dA1sA7S I hope the review invites you into the collection. The Naming is one of my offerings to readers and to literature. Review: olongoafrica.com/on-chinua-e…
Someone wrote a paper on my chapbook and it’s made it to a really big academic conference. And the moral of this is that you should read, cite and critically engage African women poets. Contemporary African women poets!!!
Christopher Nolan on casting Travis Scott in ‘THE ODYSSEY’:
“I cast him because I wanted to nod towards the idea that this story has been handed down as oral poetry, which is analogous to rap.”
(Source: time.com/article/2026/05/12/…)
The Wire (2002–2008) ends by quietly showing that the system never really changes, only the people inside it do. New faces slide into old roles, the cycle keeps moving, and the show refuses to give the audience fake closure.
🚨 Michael Jackson will be Burnley’s interim manager until the end of the season, club statement confirms.
Follows Scott Parker leaving with immediate effect.