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Uche Ogbuji

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in Calabar, Nigeria

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Poetry, Computers & Internet

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Uche Ogbuji (@uogbuji) was born in Calabar, Nigeria. He'd lived, among other places, in Egypt and England, but never anywhere longer than 3 years in his life until he came to Colorado. Here he was instantly smitten by the mountain landscape and cultural flavor, and he has now settled near Boulder with his wife and four children. Uche is a computer engineer and entrepreneur whose abiding passion is poetry. His poems, fusing Igbo culture, European Classicism, U.S. Mountain West setting, and Hip-Hop influences, have appeared widely. He's had a short collection of poems published, Ndewo, Colorado (Aldrich Press, 2013), which he promotes as a member of The Stanza Massive.

Ogbuji is editor at Kin Poetry Journal and The Nervous Breakdown . He ...more

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Average rating: 3.97 · 91 ratings · 22 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Ndewo, Colorado 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Beautiful Anthology by Elizabeth Collins (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Victoria Patterson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) , Jessica Anya Blau (Contributor) 3.84 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New Sun Rising: Stories for Japan by Annie Evett (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Friederike Mayröcker (Contributor) , Adnan Mahmutovic (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra

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Waxworks: Poems

by Frieda Hughes

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Uche Ogbuji is now friends with Rachel Gomez
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Uche Ogbuji answered a question about Freshwater: Is this anything like the famished road? The summary sounds similar, but I'm hoping the style is different. I haven't read this, and I'm hoping the same as you, because even as a Nigerian, I found The Famished Road a frustrating read. If you'd like a novel with a much more digestible take related to the Ogbanje mythos while you wait on Freshwater, I hig... See Full Answer
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Uche Ogbuji has read Belle Turnbull: On the Life & Work of an American Master by Belle Turnbull	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Uche Ogbuji rated a book really liked it My Life in the Bush of Ghosts by Amos Tutuola	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I might come back to a fuller review, and I will say that if you must pick one Tutuola book, pick "The Palmwine Drinkard" (five stars from me) over this one. For now I just felt compelled to record that this is a darkly imaginative and funny saga set ...more
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Uche Ogbuji rated a book it was amazing The Palm-Wine Drinkard by Amos Tutuola	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Marvelous story of unconventional, non-linear, Nigerian cosmological structure. Quite an adventure in language and atmosphere, and almost certainly unlike anything else you'll have read. Just a note derived from my comment on "My Life in the Bush of G ...more
Jan 11, 2014 09:29PM · 5 likes · like · see review
Uche Ogbuji is now following Christopher Okigbo Author of Labyrinths
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Uche Ogbuji is now following Sylvia Plath Author of The Bell Jar
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I hope you enjoy this, my first collection of poems. I plan to support it with many readings and other activities, including on multimedia. Rather than working on my own to promote the book, I've joined The Stanza Massive. Please consider joining our ...more
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