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The Bridge Selection
Poems
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The First Edition of The
Bridge Selection was published in December 2005 by Poetry Monthly
Press in association with Eastern Light Publishers.
This revised, Second Edition
(with additional poems) has been published in July 2012 by SPM
Publications.
About the poet
Nnorom Azuonye is a dramatist, poet, short story writer, essayist,
literary editor and publisher. Founder and Administrator of the
popular Sentinel Poetry Movement – publishers of Sentinel Literary
Quarterly, Sentinel Nigeria and Sentinel Champions magazines, he has
been at very active in the international publishing arena since
2002. Sentinel has also become a strong capital in providing a
platform for many African writers within an outside the continent.
Author of Letter to God & Other Poems, he has also co-edited the
anthologies Blue Hyacinth and Sentinel Annual Literature Anthology.
His work has also appeared in several international journals
including Agenda, Orbis, DrumVoices Revue, African Writing, Maple
Tree Literary Supplement, Flair and Eclectica. Azuonye lives in
London with his wife and children. Website:
www.nnoromazuonye.com
“In The Bridge Selection,
Azuonye demonstrates that as a human being and as a poet he is not
an emotional coward as he deals with issues of Liberty, Biafra,
Love, Nigeria, Death, Exile, Faith and Hope...In most of this work,
I feel a melancholy tinged with defiance. Proud of his heritage, yet
not uncritical of it, the poet writes passionate dirges, elegies,
love verses and lyricised protests against war and violence”
- Uche Nduka (author of Heart's Field)
"The Bridge Selection is a rippling darkling delightful read from a
big warm heart to a cold unfeeling world. I've enjoyed doing time in
it."
- Austyn Njoku (author of Scents of Dawn)
"Nnorom Azuonye looks at the human condition through the prism of
Africa, thus using at the same time the eyes of an insider and an
outsider...Definitely a disturbing, unforgettable, thought-provoking
read."
- John Francis Haines (author of Other Places, Other Times)
New Hope International review.
"The Bridge Selection, is characterized by a passionate intensity
which imbues his lines with lyrical tenderness and defiant
hope...The poems plumb the depths of varied human emotions
traversing different emotional trajectories and planes...Whether
writing about war; the American carnage in Iraq, the collateral
damage from the war...or about abortion...despair never manages to
eclipse hope..."
- Toni Kan (author of When A Dream Lingers Too Long)
"The Bridge Selection demonstrates the tensions informing aesthetic
choices in the diasporic writing of a generation of Nigerian
literature."
- Afam Akeh (author of Stolen Moments & Founding Editor,
African Writing)
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