Romeo Oriogun, born in Lagos, Nigeria, is the author of the poetry collections Sacrament of Bodies; Nomad, winner of the 2022 Nigeria Prize for Literature; and The Gathering of Bastards, which received the 2024 Nebraska Book Award for Poetry. He earned his MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and serves as an assistant professor of creative writing at Florida Atlantic University.
WORKS THAT HAVE APPEARED IN NARRATIVE:
- Someday the Desert Will Sing, poetry, in Poems of the Week: 2021–2022
- Under the Mango Tree, poetry, in Poems of the Week: 2019–2020
- The Niger Sings of Blood, poetry, in Spring 2020