Terminal Maladies reviewed in Southeast Review

June 16, 2025

‎Thank you to Southeast Review and Ìfẹ́olúwa Àyàndélé for this radiant review of Okwudili Nebeolisa’s debut poetry collection, Terminal Maladies. Of the collection, Àyàndélé writes:

This debut collection will ask you the difficult questions of love and distance from home in the face of impeding tragedy, and where to seek solace amidst it. More so, Nebeolisa’s Terminal Maladies will cut your heart, but you will ignore the bleeding and continue to read because of the delicate poetic voice of the persona. At the end of the book, you will go outside your room, and you will see the speaker’s mother among the stars, waving at you.

Read the full review here.

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