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Book Review | I Wrote This For You

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Title: I Wrote This for You. Author: Samira Haruna Sanusi. Page Count: 94. Publisher: Word, Rhyme and Rhythm, Abuja. Due for release on: August 19, 2017.       Reviewer: Nana Sule I wrote this for you starts as little droplets of beautifully woven words before gradually building to a rain of encouragement. Every now and then, alternating between the first person narrative and the second person, one sees pain through the eyes of the writer, and feels the torture of all that she has been through. Written as a collection of poems and quotes, the first and most noticeable strength is the clever wordplay that survived till the last page. The poems, seem unknowingly divided into four parts, although it is unclear if this was the Writers’ original intention or if by some literary miracle, the poems aligned in poetry heaven. The first set of poems talked about the acceptance of pain, in all its ramifications, emphasizing the need to let pain break and heal one.

Writing is Breathing and Living for Me - Samira Sanusi.

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Samira Haruna Sanusi, our May TAMF Literary Birthday Intercourse guest’s birthday was on Saturday, May 6, 2017. She is the author of the book, S is for Survivor and Founder of the Samira Sanusi Sickle Cell Foundation. We had to break our tradition of publishing the interview same day as our guest’s birthday because her day was too full to permit a single stretch of interview. In addition to marking her birthday with family and friends, Samira Sanusi was also hosting a Fundraiser for her Sickle Cell Foundation on the same day. We started the interview in the morning of May 6, but her very busy day ensured that we could only conclude the interview three days later. Here is our chat with her.                                                                                                                                  TAMF : How does it feel on this day of your birth? Samira Sanusi : It feels great, not because it's my birthday but because on this day, and at thi