Reece Chaplin asked Chika Unigwe:

Common question probably but: Top ten novels? And top ten poets?

Chika Unigwe This is a difficult one and depends on the criteria. There are books I like for sentimental reasons, and I keep discovering new, wonderful writing. Probably easier to answer my top 10 contemporary poets as I read less poetry than fiction: Jo Shapcott (who else can write about ordinary things and infuse them with such extraordinary grace?) ; Chris Abani; Saddiq Dzukogi; Gabeba Baderoon; Warsan Shire (some of her poems haunt me for days) ; Laura Newbern; Romeo Oriogun (has some amazing poems); Uche Nduka; Geoffrey Philp; Claudia Rankine; Kerry James Evans

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