Michael Imossan is a poet and writer of Ibibio origin. He is the winner of the Sillerman First Book prize for African Poetry, 2024. He is the author of the Poetry Chapbook "The Smell of Absence" (Akashic Book). His Debut Poetry collection "All That Refuses to Die" is forthcoming from The University of Nebraska Press, 2026. He is a two time recipient of the PEN International Writers Grant.
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