#13: Poet Osamase Ekhator on Publishing His First Book

Published: July 7, 2020, 11:08 p.m.

Osamase Ekhator is a poet, writer and author of "Situationship" - a collection of poems detailing his journey with love and race as an African American. “Situationship” was invited to the 2019 Brooklyn Book Festival on behalf of AZURE Literary Group. Topics Hit On In the Interview: - Osamase describes his upbringing and life story: his Nigerian background, going to a charter school for high school, graduating from Boston College as an English Major - Where His Love for Poetry and Writing Started From - The differences in performing poetry and writing poetry - How He Gets Into the Zone of Writing and His Poetry Process - How influences from hip hop and sports inspired him to want to write - Why He Decided to Publish and How He Got Over the Mental Hurdle - How He Self-Published His Book and His Advice for Other Authors Looking to Publish - "Featured Poets" section of his website where he highlights poetry from many different poets Osamase's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/osamasetorbest/?hl=en Osamase's Website: https://www.osamasetorbest.com/ Grateful Living Website: https://www.gratefulliving4.com/ My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aroy81547/