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- Tigress at Full Moon
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: African Heritage Press
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OBIWU received his Ph.D. (with distinction) in English with emphasis on Critical Theory from Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York and wrote his dissertation on In the Name of the Father: Lacanian Reading of Four White South African Writers. Tigress at Full Moon is his second volume of poetry since Rituals of the Sun (1992). Obiwuís other publications have been widely acclaimed. He won the Donatus Nwoga Prize for Literary Criticism in Poetry (2009) with his essay on ìThe Ecopoetics of Christopher Okigbo and Ezra Pound.î He was a fellow of the Presidential Leadership Institute, Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio (2011) and a fellow of the International School of Theory in the Humanities (1998). His other awards include the Charanjit Rangi Leadership Award for Faculty Professional Excellence from Central State University (2008) and the Resolution Recognition (No. 07-4-12-31) from the Greene County Board of Commissioners of Ohio (2007). Obiwu teaches English in the Department of Humanities, Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio.
Table of Contents
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- Path One. Intimations
- Tigress at Full Moon
- pp. 3-12
- Her Eyes Were Watching God
- pp. 4-13
- Secret Soldiers
- pp. 8-17
- A Man of Good Taste
- pp. 9-18
- The Deadline
- pp. 10-19
- O-b-a-m-a!
- pp. 11-12
- Part Two. Laughters in Thunder
- Bone Depot
- pp. 15-24
- Her Flesh is Wild
- pp. 16-25
- Dangerous Ground
- pp. 17-26
- Old Niger Runs Through It
- pp. 19-28
- The Undertaker’s Smile
- pp. 20-29
- Bless the Child
- pp. 21-22
- Path Three. Epigramatics
- Sullen Snake
- pp. 28-39
- Head Over Heels in Louisiana
- pp. 29-40
- Bono’s Brain
- pp. 30-41
- Museveni Monologue
- pp. 31-42
- American Democracy
- pp. 32-43
- Path Four. Babel
- Ukwu Bü Otu
- pp. 35-46
- E Pluribus Unum
- pp. 36-47
- Nnukwu Öha
- pp. 37-48
- The Big Crew
- pp. 38-49
- Ala Na-Ama Jigiji
- pp. 39-50
- Ground Dey Shake
- pp. 40-51
- Amüma Mmiri
- pp. 41-52
- Water Maid
- pp. 42-53
- Ïgba Afa Eze Dibia
- pp. 43-54
- The Chief Priest’s Invocation
- pp. 44-55
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 63-66
Additional Information
ISBN
9781940729046
Related ISBN(s)
9780979085840
MARC Record
OCLC
899260952
Pages
78
Launched on MUSE
2015-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No