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Stripes Literary Magazine @thestripesmag

5 months ago

EVEN THE DESERT CANNOT LIGHTEN A HEAVY HEART: A REVIEW OF PETER OKONKWO’S KWAME, COME HOME by @godwin_nket https://t.co/lfL7wo2cYd

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Oladosu Michael Emerald @Garricologist

7 months ago

I'm glad to announce that my pushcart-nominated poem, "Permission To Talk About Joy & Other Soft Things," previously published by @StanchionZine has won the Stephen DiBiase Poetry Prize 2026. Thanks to the organizers, and congratulations to the shortlisted writers.

Garricologist's tweet photo. I'm glad to announce that my pushcart-nominated poem, "Permission To Talk About Joy & Other Soft Things," previously published by @StanchionZine has won the Stephen DiBiase Poetry Prize 2026. Thanks to the organizers, and congratulations to the shortlisted writers. https://t.co/Ay0qmjiRML

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Ikhide R. Ikheloa

@ikhide

7 months ago

Sola Osofisan: As far as I can tell, the natural inclination of a vast majority of people – and not only African youngsters – is to avoid any kind of reading or application of the mental faculties. It’s obviously due to the attractions and distractions of the times. Add to that the fact that someone failed to take them on guided tours of the realm of words before they choked the dreamer inside. You’re in education here in America. College students who can’t spell or string a sentence together are in abundance. They buy electronics and are too lazy to read a dumbed-down manual. “Keep it stupidly simple” has to be their mantra. How hard can it be to read a book, when even the worst smartphone in the market has a text-to-speech feature to read anything to you? So when you urge our writers to write what people want to read, I sometimes wonder, because if we all get only what we want handed to us, how would we ever have the pleasure of savoring new and unthought-of pleasures, discovering new authors and dreams just by perusing a neighborhood bookshop? From my experience, what mainstream readers hanker to read – commercial it may be, but I’m sorry it’s mostly puerile. I know you’ve called that kind of talk snobbish in the past. I beg to disagree. You write beautiful prose because you grew up on a diet of great literature. Read great writers and you will aspire to think bigger, better, and do and say and write things that transcend the moment, transcend time and space, things that elevate. Many of us have no idea what we would love to read until we actually try reading something – the blurb, a first page perhaps, a chapter? How can anyone say our writers are not writing what they want when they’re not even sampling what has already been written? How do I write what they want? They have no clue what they want. Ikhide Ikheloa: Interesting thoughts and viewpoints. I must say, Sola, for someone who has been a pioneer in the digital frontier, you seem reticent about its influence, perhaps pessimistic about its worth. I prefer to look at it differently. Who reads a manual these days? That’s what Google is for. Thinkers and writers are emerging who understand, respect and appreciate the force that is the Internet. Many writers of note are stepping out of their safe zones and interacting directly with their readers on social media. As far as I can tell, it has been a mutually rewarding experience. I challenge the notion that much of what obtains in the digital space is drivel, just like in the analog medium, where you go may be incredibly rewarding, or an immense waste of your time. People should read, read, and read, none of that has changed. Those who teach should figure out where there students are and go teach them there. Many of us are losing our readers because we have romanticized our fascination with a dying past. Tolstoy is not coming back. I will say it again and again; the myth that people don’t read nowadays is a myth. They may not be reading your books, but they are glued to the monitor of something, hungry to reach out and touch with words that convey feeling and meaning to them. My teenage son hates reading print, but his soul comes alive on the iPad and as he points and clicks, swipes, points and laughs, in his joy I remember the library of my childhood. The iPad has become this generation’s library. Before we build the next big library that no one under 40 will go to, let’s have a town meeting and ask the youths whether they really want a library and where they would want it. My teenage daughter wants hers in her laptop. She hates the iPad. But, you are right, and I have said it before, the library lives, still. Read: Ikhide Ikheloa: Analog Origins, Digital Destinations https://t.co/04n4zDogJh

ikhide's tweet photo. Sola Osofisan: As far as I can tell, the natural inclination of a vast majority of people – and not only African youngsters – is to avoid any kind of reading or application of the mental faculties. It’s obviously due to the attractions and distractions of the times. Add to that the fact that someone failed to take them on guided tours of the realm of words before they choked the dreamer inside. You’re in education here in America. College students who can’t spell or string a sentence together are in abundance. They buy electronics and are too lazy to read a dumbed-down manual. “Keep it stupidly simple” has to be their mantra. How hard can it be to read a book, when even the worst smartphone in the market has a text-to-speech feature to read anything to you? So when you urge our writers to write what people want to read, I sometimes wonder, because if we all get only what we want handed to us, how would we ever have the pleasure of savoring new and unthought-of pleasures, discovering new authors and dreams just by perusing a neighborhood bookshop? From my experience, what mainstream readers hanker to read – commercial it may be, but I’m sorry it’s mostly puerile. I know you’ve called that kind of talk snobbish in the past. I beg to disagree. You write beautiful prose because you grew up on a diet of great literature. Read great writers and you will aspire to think bigger, better, and do and say and write things that transcend the moment, transcend time and space, things that elevate. Many of us have no idea what we would love to read until we actually try reading something – the blurb, a first page perhaps, a chapter? How can anyone say our writers are not writing what they want when they’re not even sampling what has already been written? How do I write what they want? They have no clue what they want.

Ikhide Ikheloa: Interesting thoughts and viewpoints. I must say, Sola, for someone who has been a pioneer in the digital frontier, you seem reticent about its influence, perhaps pessimistic about its worth. I prefer to look at it differently. Who reads a manual these days? That’s what Google is for. Thinkers and writers are emerging who understand, respect and appreciate the force that is the Internet. Many writers of note are stepping out of their safe zones and interacting directly with their readers on social media. As far as I can tell, it has been a mutually rewarding experience. I challenge the notion that much of what obtains in the digital space is drivel, just like in the analog medium, where you go may be incredibly rewarding, or an immense waste of your time. People should read, read, and read, none of that has changed. Those who teach should figure out where there students are and go teach them there. Many of us are losing our readers because we have romanticized our fascination with a dying past. Tolstoy is not coming back.
I will say it again and again; the myth that people don’t read nowadays is a myth. They may not be reading your books, but they are glued to the monitor of something, hungry to reach out and touch with words that convey feeling and meaning to them. My teenage son hates reading print, but his soul comes alive on the iPad and as he points and clicks, swipes, points and laughs, in his joy I remember the library of my childhood. The iPad has become this generation’s library. Before we build the next big library that no one under 40 will go to, let’s have a town meeting and ask the youths whether they really want a library and where they would want it. My teenage daughter wants hers in her laptop. She hates the iPad. But, you are right, and I have said it before, the library lives, still.

Read: Ikhide Ikheloa: Analog Origins, Digital Destinations

https://t.co/04n4zDogJh

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Nket-Awaji Alpheaus @Nketgodwin96

8 months ago

@JoemarioU38615 @theyarnzmag Congratulations

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Yarnz Magazine @theyarnzmag

8 months ago

Happy new month! You can now view the full list of works and contributors for the first issue in our website. New pieces will be make available weekly.

theyarnzmag's tweet photo. Happy new month! You can now view the full list of works and contributors for the first issue in our website. New pieces will be make available weekly. https://t.co/Xqeqb437kx

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Yarnz Magazine @theyarnzmag

8 months ago

Join us to launch the inaugural issue of Yarnz. Expect readings from the mag, drinks on tap, better conversations, and great music. Come browse the first issue and meet some of the minds behind it! Steel String Brewery 106A S. Greensboro St. Carrboro, NC