Adedayo Agarau
@adedayoagarau.bsky.social
The Years of Blood, Fordham Press ‘25
Wallace Stegner Fellow ‘25.
Cave Canem Fellow.
Editor-in-Chief, Agbowo Magazine.
Rep: Salma Begum (Greyhouse Literary Agency)
Wallace Stegner Fellow ‘25.
Cave Canem Fellow.
Editor-in-Chief, Agbowo Magazine.
Rep: Salma Begum (Greyhouse Literary Agency)
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@hanvanderhart.bsky.social's Larks; @adedayoagarau.bsky.social's Years of Blood; & Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
November 7, 2025 at 4:04 AM
@hanvanderhart.bsky.social's Larks; @adedayoagarau.bsky.social's Years of Blood; & Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
Last Saturday, I was named the winner of The Future Awards Africa Prize for Literature.
November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Last Saturday, I was named the winner of The Future Awards Africa Prize for Literature.
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@adedayoagarau.bsky.social 's latest work, The Years of Blood, documents disturbing realities of living in Ibadan in the nineties.
Watch: youtu.be/MeGmN7tz0Dc
Or listen: open.spotify.com/episode/0DmU...
#literarypodcast #theyearsofblood #bookpodcast #journeyoftheart #authorinterviews
Watch: youtu.be/MeGmN7tz0Dc
Or listen: open.spotify.com/episode/0DmU...
#literarypodcast #theyearsofblood #bookpodcast #journeyoftheart #authorinterviews
October 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
@adedayoagarau.bsky.social 's latest work, The Years of Blood, documents disturbing realities of living in Ibadan in the nineties.
Watch: youtu.be/MeGmN7tz0Dc
Or listen: open.spotify.com/episode/0DmU...
#literarypodcast #theyearsofblood #bookpodcast #journeyoftheart #authorinterviews
Watch: youtu.be/MeGmN7tz0Dc
Or listen: open.spotify.com/episode/0DmU...
#literarypodcast #theyearsofblood #bookpodcast #journeyoftheart #authorinterviews
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"The physical demands of survival barely give room for the self to reflect, process, remember, or write."
KÁNYIN Olorunnisola's interview with @adedayoagarau.bsky.social on his new book “The Years of Blood” (@fordhampress.bsky.social) is out now.
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/09/02/t...
KÁNYIN Olorunnisola's interview with @adedayoagarau.bsky.social on his new book “The Years of Blood” (@fordhampress.bsky.social) is out now.
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/09/02/t...
The Unsettling Hand of Grief: An Interview with Adedayo Agarau About "The Years of Blood" - Chicago Review of Books
I first met Adedayo Agarau in 2015 at a spoken word event in Ibadan, the southwestern Nigerian city we both grew up in. I remember watching his poetry, technically excellent on the page, come alive th...
chireviewofbooks.com
September 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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"The physical demands of survival barely give room for the self to reflect, process, remember, or write."
KÁNYIN Olorunnisola's interview with @adedayoagarau.bsky.social on his new book “The Years of Blood” (@fordhampress.bsky.social) is out now.
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/09/02/t...
KÁNYIN Olorunnisola's interview with @adedayoagarau.bsky.social on his new book “The Years of Blood” (@fordhampress.bsky.social) is out now.
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/09/02/t...
The Unsettling Hand of Grief: An Interview with Adedayo Agarau About "The Years of Blood" - Chicago Review of Books
I first met Adedayo Agarau in 2015 at a spoken word event in Ibadan, the southwestern Nigerian city we both grew up in. I remember watching his poetry, technically excellent on the page, come alive th...
chireviewofbooks.com
September 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
"The physical demands of survival barely give room for the self to reflect, process, remember, or write."
KÁNYIN Olorunnisola's interview with @adedayoagarau.bsky.social on his new book “The Years of Blood” (@fordhampress.bsky.social) is out now.
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/09/02/t...
KÁNYIN Olorunnisola's interview with @adedayoagarau.bsky.social on his new book “The Years of Blood” (@fordhampress.bsky.social) is out now.
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/09/02/t...
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The Years of Blood by @adedayoagarau.bsky.social has arrived & it's magnificent! My cell pic doesn't do the cover justice. I'm so happy for & proud of my dear old friend & former co-editor. I'm thankful our paths crossed when it did, so I could watch him reach for the stars.
September 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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@adedayoagarau.bsky.social documents years of ritual killings in Nigeria and the trauma of returning to the street he grew up on.
The Necessity of Return: On Years of Ritual Killings in Nigeria
In a dream on one of my first nights in Iowa, I was weeping into a river. The river was flowing swiftly, washing away many people. In the logic of the dream, I knew their faces—they were the same c…
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September 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
@adedayoagarau.bsky.social documents years of ritual killings in Nigeria and the trauma of returning to the street he grew up on.
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"Now the trumpet of your body. Now my mouth full of air."
— @adedayoagarau.bsky.social in @narrativemag.bsky.social
www.narrativemagazine.com/issues/poems...
— @adedayoagarau.bsky.social in @narrativemag.bsky.social
www.narrativemagazine.com/issues/poems...
July 1, 2025 at 11:54 PM
"Now the trumpet of your body. Now my mouth full of air."
— @adedayoagarau.bsky.social in @narrativemag.bsky.social
www.narrativemagazine.com/issues/poems...
— @adedayoagarau.bsky.social in @narrativemag.bsky.social
www.narrativemagazine.com/issues/poems...
Writers, if you will be at AWP & want a free headshot (from an amateurish photographer: me), please send me a dm.
Totally free. ❤️🥹
Totally free. ❤️🥹
March 24, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Writers, if you will be at AWP & want a free headshot (from an amateurish photographer: me), please send me a dm.
Totally free. ❤️🥹
Totally free. ❤️🥹
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📚 The #LagosReview hails #AdedayoAgarau 's debut poetry collection, #TheYearsofBlood, as a "haunting horrorscape," praised by celebrated poet #NiyiOsundare.
Full review: linktr.ee/fordham_press; visit www.fordhampress.com to order your copy today! #NewPoetry #ReadUP @adedayoagarau.bsky.social
Full review: linktr.ee/fordham_press; visit www.fordhampress.com to order your copy today! #NewPoetry #ReadUP @adedayoagarau.bsky.social
March 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
📚 The #LagosReview hails #AdedayoAgarau 's debut poetry collection, #TheYearsofBlood, as a "haunting horrorscape," praised by celebrated poet #NiyiOsundare.
Full review: linktr.ee/fordham_press; visit www.fordhampress.com to order your copy today! #NewPoetry #ReadUP @adedayoagarau.bsky.social
Full review: linktr.ee/fordham_press; visit www.fordhampress.com to order your copy today! #NewPoetry #ReadUP @adedayoagarau.bsky.social
Thrilled to announce that "THE YEARS OF BLOOD," my debut poetry collection, is now available for pre-order. Cover art by the brilliant @olawaleololade_. Coming September 2, 2025 from @FordhamPress.
Bookshop: bookshop.org/p/books/the-ye…
Website: adedayoagarau.com
Bookshop: bookshop.org/p/books/the-ye…
Website: adedayoagarau.com
March 17, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Thrilled to announce that "THE YEARS OF BLOOD," my debut poetry collection, is now available for pre-order. Cover art by the brilliant @olawaleololade_. Coming September 2, 2025 from @FordhamPress.
Bookshop: bookshop.org/p/books/the-ye…
Website: adedayoagarau.com
Bookshop: bookshop.org/p/books/the-ye…
Website: adedayoagarau.com
Thrilled to announce I've been selected for the 2025 Poets & Writers Get the Word Out Poetry Cohort!
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Announcing the 2025 Poets & Writers Get the Word Out Poetry Cohort
Poets & Writers has announced the 2025 poetry cohort for Get the Word Out, a publicity incubator for early career writers. The program gives selected writers an opportunity to work with an expe…
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March 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Thrilled to announce I've been selected for the 2025 Poets & Writers Get the Word Out Poetry Cohort!
debutiful.net/2025/03/12/a...
debutiful.net/2025/03/12/a...
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the discourse about blurbs would go away if we gave blurbs awards
February 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Thanks to @OpenCountryMag for including "The Years of Blood" in their Anticipated Books of 2025 list. I am excited about all the books on this list and continually stunned by the support "The Years of Blood" continues to receive.
Almost cover readyyy.
opencountrymag.com/anticipated-...
Almost cover readyyy.
opencountrymag.com/anticipated-...
Anticipated Books of 2025 : Open Country Mag
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Laila Lalami, Goretti Kyomuhendo, Chisom Okafor, Itiola Jones, Adedayo Agarau: the anticipated books of 2025.
opencountrymag.com
February 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Thanks to @OpenCountryMag for including "The Years of Blood" in their Anticipated Books of 2025 list. I am excited about all the books on this list and continually stunned by the support "The Years of Blood" continues to receive.
Almost cover readyyy.
opencountrymag.com/anticipated-...
Almost cover readyyy.
opencountrymag.com/anticipated-...
If you can read this, I wrote a book—”The Years of Blood”, and it chronicles the true coming-of-age narrative of human trafficking in Nigeria.
Well, human part trafficking is at an all-time high in Nigeria right now, and I guess it makes my book timely.
You'll pre-order, yeah?
#WritingCommunity
Well, human part trafficking is at an all-time high in Nigeria right now, and I guess it makes my book timely.
You'll pre-order, yeah?
#WritingCommunity
January 31, 2025 at 2:17 AM
If you can read this, I wrote a book—”The Years of Blood”, and it chronicles the true coming-of-age narrative of human trafficking in Nigeria.
Well, human part trafficking is at an all-time high in Nigeria right now, and I guess it makes my book timely.
You'll pre-order, yeah?
#WritingCommunity
Well, human part trafficking is at an all-time high in Nigeria right now, and I guess it makes my book timely.
You'll pre-order, yeah?
#WritingCommunity
What do you want for your writing this year?
January 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
What do you want for your writing this year?
Book marketing is so hard. I don't even know where to begin.
Authors that have gone through this process, what advise do you have for debut poets like me?
#WritingCommmunity
Authors that have gone through this process, what advise do you have for debut poets like me?
#WritingCommmunity
January 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Book marketing is so hard. I don't even know where to begin.
Authors that have gone through this process, what advise do you have for debut poets like me?
#WritingCommmunity
Authors that have gone through this process, what advise do you have for debut poets like me?
#WritingCommmunity
Has anyone written a list of books coming out this year focusing exclusively on African literature?
Most of the lists flying around don't include enough African books.
Most of the lists flying around don't include enough African books.
January 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Has anyone written a list of books coming out this year focusing exclusively on African literature?
Most of the lists flying around don't include enough African books.
Most of the lists flying around don't include enough African books.
Where do I even begin to integrate myself into this wonderful community?
January 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Where do I even begin to integrate myself into this wonderful community?
I'm so happy “The Years of Blood” is on @iselemagazine.bsky.social’s Most Anticipated Books of 2025.
iselemagazine.com/2025/01/03/e...
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Editor’s Choice: 25 Most Anticipated Books of 2025
Last year, we published a list of books we were excited to read and eventually enjoyed. The list featured Chigozie Obioma; Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond; ‘Pemi Aguda, whose debut collection, Ghostroots, w…
iselemagazine.com
January 5, 2025 at 6:48 AM
I'm so happy “The Years of Blood” is on @iselemagazine.bsky.social’s Most Anticipated Books of 2025.
iselemagazine.com/2025/01/03/e...
iselemagazine.com/2025/01/03/e...
Thank you for sharing, Michael.
These two poems by @adedayoagarau.bsky.social in Lolwe are fantastic!
A taste:
“a bird outside our house is singing of the way a flower opens
everything is Babylon until a wall, like my mother,
is crumbling”
lolwe.org/two-poems-ad...
A taste:
“a bird outside our house is singing of the way a flower opens
everything is Babylon until a wall, like my mother,
is crumbling”
lolwe.org/two-poems-ad...
Two Poems - Adedayo Agarau | Lolwe
Two poems by Adedayo Agarau.
lolwe.org
January 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Thank you for sharing, Michael.
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These two poems by @adedayoagarau.bsky.social in Lolwe are fantastic!
A taste:
“a bird outside our house is singing of the way a flower opens
everything is Babylon until a wall, like my mother,
is crumbling”
lolwe.org/two-poems-ad...
A taste:
“a bird outside our house is singing of the way a flower opens
everything is Babylon until a wall, like my mother,
is crumbling”
lolwe.org/two-poems-ad...
Two Poems - Adedayo Agarau | Lolwe
Two poems by Adedayo Agarau.
lolwe.org
January 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
These two poems by @adedayoagarau.bsky.social in Lolwe are fantastic!
A taste:
“a bird outside our house is singing of the way a flower opens
everything is Babylon until a wall, like my mother,
is crumbling”
lolwe.org/two-poems-ad...
A taste:
“a bird outside our house is singing of the way a flower opens
everything is Babylon until a wall, like my mother,
is crumbling”
lolwe.org/two-poems-ad...