The Gathering of Bastards

Name: The Gathering of Bastards
ISBN: 9781496234032

by Romeo Oriogun

National Book · 2023 · Shortlist

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University of Nebraska PressFebruary 14, 2023PoetryISBN 9781496234032

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry	2023	Shortlist

About This Book

Romeo Oriogun's collection centers queer Nigerian identity and violence against LGBTQ people in poems of lyric beauty and political urgency. Shortlisted for the NBCC Award.

About the Author

Romeo OriogunNigerian

Oluwasegun Romeo Oriogun is a Nigerian poet and essayist born in Lagos, known for his works exploring queer identity, displacement, and African experiences. Notable collections include Sacrament of Bodies (2020), Nomad (2021, winner of the Nigeria Prize for Literature), and The Gathering of Bastards (2023). An alumnus of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop (MFA 2021), he has received awards like the Brunel International African Poetry Prize (2017) and serves as an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Florida Atlantic University.