Romeo Oriogun

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Romeo Oriogun


Genre
Poetry


Romeo Oriogun is a Nigerian poet whose poems have appeared on Prairie Schooner, Connotation Press, Brittle Paper, and others. He is the winner of the 2017 Brunel International African Prize for Poetry, his manuscript My Body Is No Miracle was shortlisted for the 2018 Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets. He is currently an Artist Protection Fund Fellow, a Scholars-at-Risk Fellow at the Hutchins Center for African American and African Studies and also a Visiting Poet in the English Department at Harvard University.

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Average rating: 4.35 · 163 ratings · 47 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors
Sacrament of Bodies
4.31 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions
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The Gathering of Bastards (...
4.35 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions
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Burnt men
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Nomad
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Museum of Silence
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“May I find love in whatever body that gives me home.”
― Oluwasegun Romeo Oriogun, Sacrament of Bodies
tags: alone, gay, nigeria
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“I want to know who made this desire so wrong.”
― Oluwasegun Romeo Oriogun, Sacrament of Bodies
tags: denial, gay, nigeria
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“There's a debate going on in my country:
Is fourteen years behind bars okay for a gay man
or should death be a better option?”
― Oluwasegun Romeo Oriogun, Sacrament of Bodies
tags: gay, gay-rights, imprisonment, nigeria
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