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It’s not unusual, these days, to hear older writers eulogize the great critical tradition that heralded contemporary Nigerian writing, waxing nostalgic about a quality of literary criticism, which, in their estimation, has gone extinct. They chalk this regrettable state of affairs to the poor reading culture; and the understanding—or the lack thereof—of the dynamics of […]

On re-routing history 68-sh, 50-sh years later  I “No man ever steps in the same river twice.”  Heraclitus said that, and for the longest time, I thought it was just the sort of thing philosophers say when they are half-convinced that they are poets. The older I get, however, and the deeper I get interested […]

Shortly after the lockdown began in March 2020, I began buying more books. This started innocently perhaps facilitated by boredom; there were some new titles that had just been released that I wanted to read. Some were books of writer friends I was interested in supporting or reviewing. Others were titles I had come across […]