![]() The Sudanese author who grew up in Washington, D.C. Favorite Quote: “So, here you are/ too foreign for home/ too foreign for here./ Never enough for both." ―Ijeoma Umebinyuo, Questions for Ada You can follow Ijeoma on Twitter ijeomaumebinyuo. ![]() Writing of her personal story, Umebinyuo highlights the tribulations of being a woman, being foreign and being loved. She published her first collection of poems titled Questions for Adain August of 2015. Getting her start through the social media site Tumblr, Ijemoa Umebinyuo is a Nigerian poet born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria. I have many dreams, I say to her./ In my dreams I am better than myself." ― Ladan Osman, Ordinary Heaven Favorite Quote: "I want to say 'Be!' to her but am an ordinary soul./ I watch for the fold under her eye to twitch. ![]() “It was important for me to address all the ways people attempt to override the narratives of our own lives, and the ways we subjugate ourselves and second-guess our own sense of witness," she explains. In an interview with The Paris Review, Osman explains the thought-process behind her work. Osman's work transverses the realms of identity, specifically her Somali heritage and Muslim identity. In 2011, Osman was awarded the Sillerman First Book Prize for her collection, The Kitchen Dweller's Testimony. Ladan Osman is a Somali-American poet and teacher. a love poem." ― nayyirah waheed, Afeni Shakur: A Mother's Love ![]() the language./ the language only he and you understand./ the language only you and he can speak./ remind him. ![]()
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