Critical Essays
Personal Non-fiction Essay: St. John’s Dance
It’s twenty minutes into this muni ride toward Haight Street in San Francisco and it just registered that I’m not heading toward Haight at all. Simultaneously, I also realized that the Joan Didion’s essay I’ve been reading is not on mortality, but morality. So, I’m about thirty some-odd blocks from where I’m supposed to be, […]
Greek Letters: How I Learned To Speak and Write Greek
I was born an orphan in Athens in the 1950s and was adopted by Greek Americans who had very strong bonds to Greece and, throughout my life, have reinforced those bonds in me. This helped me on my journey to learning the Greek letters and alphabets. We have relatives in Athens, and on the Ionian […]
Samsung Engineering/ UN-Sponsored Environment 12th Eco-generation Environmental Essay Competition 2019 (Awards: certificates and Samsung electronic devices) / How To Apply
Young writers from all over the world are invited to apply for “The 12th Eco-generation Environmental Essay Competition”. This contest is being organized by Samsung Engineering jin collaboration with UN environment. Essays are expected to reflect the theme of the upcoming World Environment Day event: Beat Air Pollution. According to the press release on the […]
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Essay Competition 2019 / How To Apply
Research essayists at the graduate (Masters or Doctoral) level are invited to enter for the ongoing UN High Commissioner Refugee Essay Competition 2019. All essays must reflect the 2019 African Union’s Theme: ‘The Year of Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons: Towards Durable Solutions for Forced Displacement in Africa’. This competition is being organized by UNHCR […]
Book Review/ Being The Boy In “A Boy’s Tears On Earth’s Tongue”
Title: A Boy’s Tears On Earth’s Tongue Author’s name: Ridwan Ishola Olorunloba Length: 46 pages Genre: Poetry Publisher / Year: WRR Publishers Ltd. / 2019 Source (Where I got the book): Word Rhythm and Rhyme (wrr.com.ng) Why I Read It: I read for the fun of reading and for reviewing purpose. And knowledge Date Read: […]
Six Award-Winning Writers Share Writing Tips, Personal Writing Philosophies and Stories About Rejection Letters
Six award-winning writers have gathered around the fire to discuss their writing philosophies. We’ll have the privilege of learning how these philosophies galvanize the exceptional works they write. Also, they will talk about memorable rejection letters, what they think of such letters and what has kept them going. For me, I once got a […]
The NLNG-Sponsored Nigeria Prize for Literature 2019—How To Apply (Prize- $100,000)
Have you written and published a children’s book within the last four years? Then you could win $100,000 in the ongoing search for the best Children’s Literature written by a Nigerian writer. The judges will also review entries on works in literary criticism of Nigerian Literature. They are especially keen on reading critical essays on […]