Saddiq Dzukogi
@saddiqdzukogi.bsky.social
Poet! Asst. Prof, Photographer
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Southern Indiana Review spring 2025 Thirty-three Contributors Salute, Day 15: Saddiq Dzukogi
Saddiq Dzukogi is a Nigerian poet based in the United States, where he is an assistant professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Instagram: @saddiqdzukogi
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Saddiq Dzukogi is a Nigerian poet based in the United States, where he is an assistant professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Instagram: @saddiqdzukogi
X: @SaddiqDzukogi
June 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Southern Indiana Review spring 2025 Thirty-three Contributors Salute, Day 15: Saddiq Dzukogi
Saddiq Dzukogi is a Nigerian poet based in the United States, where he is an assistant professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Instagram: @saddiqdzukogi
X: @SaddiqDzukogi
Saddiq Dzukogi is a Nigerian poet based in the United States, where he is an assistant professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Instagram: @saddiqdzukogi
X: @SaddiqDzukogi
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Prairie Schooner and UNL Creative Writing are excited to celebrate the book launch of Saddiq Dzukogi's upcoming poetry collection, Bakandamiya: An Elegy - a book-length epic poem set in northern Nigeria.
Join us on Monday, December 1 at 5:30 pm in Andrews Hall's Bailey Library (room 228).
Join us on Monday, December 1 at 5:30 pm in Andrews Hall's Bailey Library (room 228).
November 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Prairie Schooner and UNL Creative Writing are excited to celebrate the book launch of Saddiq Dzukogi's upcoming poetry collection, Bakandamiya: An Elegy - a book-length epic poem set in northern Nigeria.
Join us on Monday, December 1 at 5:30 pm in Andrews Hall's Bailey Library (room 228).
Join us on Monday, December 1 at 5:30 pm in Andrews Hall's Bailey Library (room 228).
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THIS FRIDAY IN LINCOLN, NEBRASKA!!!!!
October 1, 2025 at 12:30 AM
THIS FRIDAY IN LINCOLN, NEBRASKA!!!!!
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Calling all Nebraska writers! The NWC's Kate Sommer Memorial Poetry Prize is open and this year's guest judge is Saddiq Dzukogi. First prize is $1000 and a feature spot in our winter issue! Details and a link to submit are at
www.newriters.org/kate-sommer-...
Deadline is 10/19! 🍂
www.newriters.org/kate-sommer-...
Deadline is 10/19! 🍂
Kate Sommer Memorial Poetry Prize — Nebraska Writers Collective
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October 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Calling all Nebraska writers! The NWC's Kate Sommer Memorial Poetry Prize is open and this year's guest judge is Saddiq Dzukogi. First prize is $1000 and a feature spot in our winter issue! Details and a link to submit are at
www.newriters.org/kate-sommer-...
Deadline is 10/19! 🍂
www.newriters.org/kate-sommer-...
Deadline is 10/19! 🍂
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Join me for virtual Mercy Street Readings on Sunday, Mar 9 at 3pm EST! Featuring Brandel Del Franco, Stephanie Hammer, Andrea Change, Maureen Alsop, Saddiq Dzukogi, John Compton & Heather Derr Smith. Hosted by Ruben Quesada. #MercyStreetReadings
February 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Join me for virtual Mercy Street Readings on Sunday, Mar 9 at 3pm EST! Featuring Brandel Del Franco, Stephanie Hammer, Andrea Change, Maureen Alsop, Saddiq Dzukogi, John Compton & Heather Derr Smith. Hosted by Ruben Quesada. #MercyStreetReadings
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Today's spring 2025 Ruth Awad Poetry Pick is “Bakandamiya XVI” by Saddiq Dzukogi:
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August 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Today's spring 2025 Ruth Awad Poetry Pick is “Bakandamiya XVI” by Saddiq Dzukogi:
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"Quenching" and "Burial Sheet" by Saddiq Dzukogi | http://ow.ly/PKkU30ncbvb @SaddiqDzukogi via @EL_DIAGRAM
February 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
"Quenching" and "Burial Sheet" by Saddiq Dzukogi | http://ow.ly/PKkU30ncbvb @SaddiqDzukogi via @EL_DIAGRAM
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This week we celebrate two contributor book releases: BAKANDAMIYA: AN ELEGY by @saddiqdzukogi.bsky.social with @univnebpress.bsky.social and NOTES by Dean Rader with The Economy Press!
December 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This week we celebrate two contributor book releases: BAKANDAMIYA: AN ELEGY by @saddiqdzukogi.bsky.social with @univnebpress.bsky.social and NOTES by Dean Rader with The Economy Press!
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This is gonna be fun!
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@grantclauser.bsky.social
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@saddiqdzukogi.bsky.social
@micahjamesbauman.gosixers.online
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@mitchnobis.bsky.social
@grantclauser.bsky.social
@jdisip.bsky.social
@djvorreyer.bsky.social
@katiemanningpoet.bsky.social
@claudiasavage.bsky.social
@josehernandezdz.bsky.social
@saddiqdzukogi.bsky.social
@micahjamesbauman.gosixers.online
It’s been some time since my old YouTube poetry readings, so I’m really looking forward to chatting with poets about their own poems as well as the poems that inspire them. Recordings are starting now for the mid-October launch! 18 poets lined up for our first season
September 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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"I live in a small semidetached duplex / and the war does not get to me. // The news is playing. / And everyone is playing games // of semantics."
From "I Live in a Century of Money" by @saddiqdzukogi.bsky.social, author of the forthcoming BAKANDAMIYA.
From "I Live in a Century of Money" by @saddiqdzukogi.bsky.social, author of the forthcoming BAKANDAMIYA.
I Live in a Century of Money | Saddiq Dzukogi
After Ilya Kaminsky /After Muriel Rukeyser I live in a small semidetached duplex and the war does not get to me.The news is playing. And everyone is playing games of semantics. However you slice it…
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June 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"I live in a small semidetached duplex / and the war does not get to me. // The news is playing. / And everyone is playing games // of semantics."
From "I Live in a Century of Money" by @saddiqdzukogi.bsky.social, author of the forthcoming BAKANDAMIYA.
From "I Live in a Century of Money" by @saddiqdzukogi.bsky.social, author of the forthcoming BAKANDAMIYA.
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We are excited to announce that this year's judge for our Summer Creative Nonfiction Contest (opening May 15) is @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social, author of Bite By Bite and World of Wonders, a New York Times Bestseller and Barnes and Noble Book of the Year.
For contest guidelines, visit bit.ly/cnf25
For contest guidelines, visit bit.ly/cnf25
April 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
We are excited to announce that this year's judge for our Summer Creative Nonfiction Contest (opening May 15) is @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social, author of Bite By Bite and World of Wonders, a New York Times Bestseller and Barnes and Noble Book of the Year.
For contest guidelines, visit bit.ly/cnf25
For contest guidelines, visit bit.ly/cnf25
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“After a while, one has the impression that Home is simply trying to pose some questions about identity, its loss or transformation through time.”
George Gömöri reviews Andrea Tompa’s Home.
worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/march/h...
George Gömöri reviews Andrea Tompa’s Home.
worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/march/h...
April 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
“After a while, one has the impression that Home is simply trying to pose some questions about identity, its loss or transformation through time.”
George Gömöri reviews Andrea Tompa’s Home.
worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/march/h...
George Gömöri reviews Andrea Tompa’s Home.
worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/march/h...
I’m not sure what it has to do with the new Trump administration, or the deep anxiety I feel surrounding it. I’ve been thinking about time, about the kind of enlightenment that can arise from reflection—about empathy for those who haven't yet made that shift. Anyway, here’s a poem:
January 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I’m not sure what it has to do with the new Trump administration, or the deep anxiety I feel surrounding it. I’ve been thinking about time, about the kind of enlightenment that can arise from reflection—about empathy for those who haven't yet made that shift. Anyway, here’s a poem:
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Feb 6-7: ENDING THE KOREAN WAR, a virtual symposium with the 'Ending the Korean War Teaching Collective,' sponsored by Yale AMST, HIST, EALL, FMS, WGSS, ERM, RITM, & @yalewhc.bsky.social
January 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Feb 6-7: ENDING THE KOREAN WAR, a virtual symposium with the 'Ending the Korean War Teaching Collective,' sponsored by Yale AMST, HIST, EALL, FMS, WGSS, ERM, RITM, & @yalewhc.bsky.social
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Spent a wonderful day as a Visiting Writer with the writers at the Converse University MFA program in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Lovely to spend time with my friend Geoff Herbach who directs the program!
January 6, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Spent a wonderful day as a Visiting Writer with the writers at the Converse University MFA program in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Lovely to spend time with my friend Geoff Herbach who directs the program!
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We’re a print journal, but we hear you: more poems on the website!
Here’s a snippet from “Hanzi in the Rain” by Sean Thomas Dougherty.
Read the whole poem on our website: shopoetryjournal.com/sean-thomas-...
Here’s a snippet from “Hanzi in the Rain” by Sean Thomas Dougherty.
Read the whole poem on our website: shopoetryjournal.com/sean-thomas-...
January 2, 2025 at 3:53 AM
We’re a print journal, but we hear you: more poems on the website!
Here’s a snippet from “Hanzi in the Rain” by Sean Thomas Dougherty.
Read the whole poem on our website: shopoetryjournal.com/sean-thomas-...
Here’s a snippet from “Hanzi in the Rain” by Sean Thomas Dougherty.
Read the whole poem on our website: shopoetryjournal.com/sean-thomas-...
Danez, people. Danez!!!
December 31, 2024 at 1:55 AM
Danez, people. Danez!!!
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"They tagged you an illiterate, those idle bureaucrats.
Unaware how on arid islands you memorized
the twelve Gospels of Struggle."
Yannis Ritsos
Unaware how on arid islands you memorized
the twelve Gospels of Struggle."
Yannis Ritsos
December 29, 2024 at 11:27 PM
"They tagged you an illiterate, those idle bureaucrats.
Unaware how on arid islands you memorized
the twelve Gospels of Struggle."
Yannis Ritsos
Unaware how on arid islands you memorized
the twelve Gospels of Struggle."
Yannis Ritsos
I have been writing only couplets for the last three years. Bakandamiya, epic poem, is also written in couplets, that form a unit of sense through image and moments, rather than through rhyme and meter.
Poets, what formal engagement do you consciously employ these days?
Poets, what formal engagement do you consciously employ these days?
December 29, 2024 at 7:09 PM
I have been writing only couplets for the last three years. Bakandamiya, epic poem, is also written in couplets, that form a unit of sense through image and moments, rather than through rhyme and meter.
Poets, what formal engagement do you consciously employ these days?
Poets, what formal engagement do you consciously employ these days?
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My personal guide. Got me into and out of news. Thank you always William Carlos Williams.
December 27, 2024 at 2:21 PM
My personal guide. Got me into and out of news. Thank you always William Carlos Williams.
Where are the African poets here?
December 28, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Where are the African poets here?
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i hope i die
warmed
by the life that i tried
to live
— Nikki Giovanni
warmed
by the life that i tried
to live
— Nikki Giovanni
December 10, 2024 at 2:57 AM
i hope i die
warmed
by the life that i tried
to live
— Nikki Giovanni
warmed
by the life that i tried
to live
— Nikki Giovanni
Nearly a year ago, I wrote this poem, and I’m excited to share it with you now that it has been published by Consequence. I’m grateful that, at the very least, no one can legislate the ability to bear witness.
December 24, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Nearly a year ago, I wrote this poem, and I’m excited to share it with you now that it has been published by Consequence. I’m grateful that, at the very least, no one can legislate the ability to bear witness.
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