Edited by

Andy Willoughby

and Bob Beagrie

I am not a major poet? But Philip is? What makes Philip

a better poet than me? Because he wrote, "they fuck you

up your mum and dad, they may not mean to, but they do…?"

Who, in England, from a middle class family, was not

fucked up by his mum and dad? Who?

 – (excerpt from ‘Why I Don’t Like Philip Larkin’ by Esiaba Irobi)

OLU OGUIBE

JULY-SEPTEMBER INDEX
COMPETITIONS
DRAMA
ESSAYS & REVIEWS
FICTION
IROBI IN SENTINEL
IROBI, TRIBUTES
POETRY

Olu Oguibe is Professor of Art and Art History at the University of Connecticut and Associate Director of the Institute for African American Studies at the same university. His books include: Uzo Egonu: An African Artist in the West (1995) and The Culture Game (2004). He is also an award-winning poet and occasional electronic music composer.