Author, Terminal Maladies @AutumnHousePrs '24, @CAAPPoetics Book Prize winner @IowaWritersWksp ’22 @MinnesotaMFA ’26 Elizabeth George Fdn Grantee ’23
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I am so thrilled to share with you the cover of my book Terminal Maladies, and also announce that it’s available for pre-order, if you’re interested, at the link below:
autumnhouse.org/books/termin…
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Once again, my wife spent the past month Halloween-maxxing so our kids could homemade-costume-mog.
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My poem “Eventually,” which opens my book, Terminal Maladies, is today’s selection on Poetry Daily. You can read the full poem via the link in the comments.
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We are pleased to share that Okwudili Nebeolisa's poem “Eventually,” from the AHP collection Terminal Maladies, is today's featured piece on @Poetry_Daily
You can find the full poem here: poems.com/poem/eventually/
#AutumnHouse #ahpauthors #poetry
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Today's Feature:
"Eventually" by @NebeolisaO from Terminal Maladies published by @AutumnHousePrs
Read here:
poems.com/poem/eventually/
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The Utopia he's talking about promises wealth distribution in the future. But why wait? There is so much wealth that is concentrated in the hands of a few that could be redistributed RIGHT NOW. Why should we believe that this will happen in the future when it's not happening now?
Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon (@hilbertspaess) and Jon Stewart discuss AI, jobs disappearing, universal income, and whether tech CEOs are creating a dystopian future
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“The Igbo people say, If you want to see it well, you must not stand in one place.” —Chinua Achebe buff.ly/99MA3Nj
A minister once told me to embrace my sorrow.
To hell with that, I said, embrace your own.
— BH Fairchild
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The writers I most admire never use a careless word. Their sentences are unimprovable.
— Judith Thurman
I'm so happy to have made the 2026 Miles Morland Writing Scholarship to work on a book length prose manuscript. Gratitude to the judges and the readers.
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nobody in the world can look at this little girl and think she’s 16 idgaf what she said
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Wangari Maathai was the first female professor in Kenya and the first African woman to be awarded the #NobelPeacePrize. She founded the Green Belt Movement, which led to the planting of millions of trees.
Today we announce the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.
ALT Wangari Maathai, smiling, holds a potted plant, dressed in a bright blue and yellow traditional dress and matching headscarf.
