![]() ![]() After a decade of tragedy and struggle, London is determined to make a fresh start-and these sexy billionaire brothers are more than willing to help. It propelled him into a year of punishing rage and guilt…until Xander came to his rescue.Įager to rejuvenate Javier’s life, Xander shanghais him to Louisiana, where they meet beautiful London McLane. But while cutthroat corporate espionage took its toll on Javier, nothing was as devastating as the seemingly senseless murder of his wife. His older brother, Javier, inherited the company and worked tirelessly to make it an empire. Never given a chance to lead his family business in the boardroom, he became a master in the bedroom instead. Xander Santiago spent years living it up as a billionaire playboy. The Origin of Butterflies is published by Akashic Books, Brooklyn New York, USA in 2018.ĭo you continue reading books with annoying cliches and characters? He’s also the author of Burnt Men, an electronic chapbook published by Praxis Magazine Online and the 2018 winner of Brunel International African Poetry Prize. I wrote a review of Departure in 2018 here. Departure, Kumbaya and Saddest Night Alive in this chapbook were first published in Brittle Paper. Romeo Oriogun is the author of numerous poems published in Brittle Paper, EXPOUND, Afridiaspora among others. I highly recommend this bold chapbook with 4 stars. I feel The Origin of Butterflies charts the map of how one takes flight to live and love in freedom not found in ones homeland while guiding one on how to beautifully survive. ‘You know sanctuary is where your hips/grow feathers & fly’ Then disagree with horrific mob burning, family beatings, discrimination, criminalization, fear and more. These poems call out homophobic attacks and Nigeria. A flight through what queer males in Nigeria feel and experience. Repetition of themes made me uneasy after some poems. ‘You can never/break songs/of sunrise/into dark spirits’ Are themes of this poetry chapbook and they will make you feel, see, smell, fear, anger, soar and hope. ‘I know how a body enters itself/ to hide desire behind sadness’.įeeling exiled at home. ‘I want to love a boy/who tastes of fear & still smiles’ It is brutally truthful, graphic and lyrical work. ‘You want to fill your bones with wine/till a boy swims into your hands.’ ![]() ![]() ‘Give a man words &he will build a castle/ full of darkness & light.’ The Origin of Butterflies by Romeo Oriogun Recommended with four fireworks, read it on Barren Magazine. Often times, questions are our answers, this essays let’s us know. To escape the stress and the pain inflicted by life on your mortal body to a dimension of ease”. “It makes me think that perhaps death is a way of surviving also. My own memories of a close shave with death as a girl hit by a motorcycle years ago were simmered up. I also reminisced on the death of my grandfather and a close friend’s Dad. Which made me remember how worried I’d get whenever their are violent cult clashes at Ojo, Lagos State or even the stories of their causalities. In this essay of questions we are blast into the rampant cultism in some Western Nigerian state areas. If it’s one thing I love about Tolu Daniel’s writing its how he addresses unique social issues. ‘A memory of about twelve years punches me hard on the face and in my shock, I stagger back to regain my composure.’ Living in Nigeria can be dangerous and often times we bury these experiences after survival with ignored questions and unprocessed trauma. I love how this essay makes one reflect on death, buried experiences with deadly danger and survival, which isn’t always instinctive. “This is what I believed then, and even now, that sometimes avoiding trouble is also a form of running.”Īching scars have stories to tell the narrator and us. How many times have you died and risen? How many deaths have you conquered?” What Does It Mean to Survive by Tolu Daniel
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