Sometimes I question why I periodically take a more active interest in the goings on in Nigeria. Ordinarily I read about Nigeria sparingly about once a month. Since the second week of December however I’ve kept a closer eye
My most fervent hope for the New Year is that I will start to read and hear more positive things about Nigeria and Nigerians. I was last in Nigeria in 1995 just after graduating from University College London with a B.A. in Philosophy. From the early 1980s when the military took over the running of government my educational
I have a confession to make. I have a favourite dictionary. As a British English speaker I’m all too aware that the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the authoritative dictionary. I however, prefer the Collins Cobuild dictionary. Now many will wonder what difference it makes. To a writer the dictionary one uses
I have eclectic musical taste. I can go from opera to hip hop in a heartbeat. These days though, there is less hip hop in my playlist. I wish hip hop hadn’t taken such a sharp turn into Profanity Avenue in the mid 90s. But I still love Mos Def, Common
Jennifer Lynn Knox – writer
A fiction editor for Our Stories Literary
Journal, Knox is also a freelance writer
and tutor at San Antonio College. In January
2010 she will receive her MFA in Creative
Nonfiction from Bennington College.
Flashquake, Slow Trains and SLAB
are a few of the many journals that have
featured her essays and fiction. Her
So what got me into writing and poetry? My whole life, I‘ve sought clarity. As a child I sought the reason for my existence when others my age cared for little more than the latest toy