Book & Audio
WORK
Book & Audio
WORK
Book & Audio
Introducing Ngwatilo (EP), 2011
Blue Mothertongue (chapbook), 2010
Distributed by Kwani Trust
Poems
Poems
Poems
“Found: Portrait of Umau’s Early Days,” “Found: Eulogy For My Father” and “Night Swim.” Transnational Literature, October 2021, Vol 13. Online.
“To Go To Moyale” and “Funambulist Gesture.” Room Magazine, June 2021, Issue 44.2. Print.
"Tonight, Daddy Almost Dies Again" and "What Is Left To Cling To." The Malahat Review, Spring 2021, Issue 214. Print.
“Paper Trail.” Wasafiri, November 2020, Volume 35 Issue 4, 2020. Print.
“Abstract” and “Theory On Plenty.” Pidgeonholes, September 2020. Online. Nominated for the Pushcart Prize.
“The Wild,” PRISM International, Aug 2020, 58.4. Online.
“Edith & Umau” and “Water Fight.” Johannesburg Review of Books, March 2019, Vol. 3 Issue 3. Online.
“Home.” Transition, October 2017, Issue 124. Print.
“Portrait.” Capitals: An Anthology of Capital Cities, 2017. Print.
“Found: Portrait Of Umau’s Early Years.” Poetry Is Dead, September 2016, Issue 14. Print.
“Travelogue Triptych,” “Mermaid’s Lament,” and “Shell.” Clarion, Fall 2016 - Spring 2017, Issue 19. Online and Print.
“Rituals At The Lake.” Happiness, The Delight-Tree: An Anthology of Contemporary International Poetry, 2nd Edition, 2017. Print.
“Dagoretti Corner” and “Easter.” One Throne Magazine, Fall 2015, Issue 7. Online. Nominated for the Pushcart Prize.
“Autumn with Spiders.” Obsidian, Fall 2015, Issue 41.1. Print.
“Father” and “Bewitch.” Brainstorm, March 2014, Issue 1. Online.
“Benda, in the Rift Valley, January 2008” and “Self-Portrait in the Place of Flowers.” Kwani?, Issue 08, 2015. Print.
“After a Time in America” and “A Return.” Kwani?, Issue 07, 2012. Print.
“The End Of A Love Affair.” World Literature Today, September 2011, Volume 85 No. 5. Print and Online, with audio.
“Sukuma Wiki”, “Dear E,” and “Round Again.” The Literary Review, 2009, Issue 52.2. Print.
“Elegy For A Pothole,” We Decided To Plant Trees,” Poem For A Census And A Forecast,” and “Sukuma Wiki.” The Star Newspaper, August 2009. Print.
“Art.” Kwani?, Issue 5.2, 2008. Print.
Essays & Interviews
Essays & Interviews
Essays & Interviews
“Kenyan Poetry: An Introduction.” Transnational Literature, vol. 13, October 2021, vol. 13. Online.
“For Women Who Are Difficult To Love.” The Elephant, Reflections series. October 5th 2018. Online.
“A Conversation On Poetry And Migration,” interview alongside Kenzie Allen, Safia Elhillo, Laressa Dickey, and with Éireann Lorsung (moderator), in 111O, Spring 2016, Issue 9. Print.
“You Are All Terrorists: The “Sanitization” Of A Nairobi Suburb.” Creative Time Reports, July 29th 2015. Online.
“Their Justice Shall Be Our Justice: A Dialogue on the ICC Witness Project.” by Marziya Mohammedali, Ngwatilo Mawiyoo, and Michael Onsando. The New Inquiry: #KenyaRefuses, June 26th 2013. Online.
“Kenya Elections: Whispers Of Fear And Hope.” Creative Time Reports, March 1st 2013. Online.
“Rift Valley, Kenya: View From The Village.” Creative Time Reports, September 21st 2012. Online.
Conferences, Readings & Presentations
Conferences, Readings & Presentations
20th Poetry Africa Festival, Durban, South Africa, 2016, with video.
“New Generation African Women Poets: A Reading from the African Poetry Book Series,” panel member. Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference (AWP), Los Angeles, CA, 2016.
“Inspiring Youth Poets: Artists With A Vision Worth Realizing,” panel member. Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs Conference (CCWWP), Vancouver, BC, 2014.
“Lecture by Hanan Al-Shaykh (Curtain Raiser),” "World Stories - Wanna Know A Secret?," and “The Medium And The Message,” performer. Winternachten/Writers Unlimited, The Hague, Netherlands, 2013, with video.
"Framing The Future," speaker. TEDx Nairobi, Nairobi, 2012, with video.
"Ordsprak Goes Africa." Ordsprak Uppsala International Poetry Festival, Uppsala, Sweden, 2012.
"Speak the Mind Session 7." Arts Alive International Festival, Johannesburg, SA, 2012.
"Basa Sebasa - My Poetry is my Job. Celebrating the Worker!," Hivos Spoken Word Programme at the Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA), Zimbabwe, 2011.
"Invocation For Coming Years,” commissioned work & performance. National Museums of Kenya Centenary Celebration, Nairobi, 2010 with audio recorded live at The Hague.
"Jukwaani – Nairobi: Die Kunst des Erzählens in der Performativen Poesie", Frankfurt Buchmesse/ Frankfurt Book Fair, Germany, 2010.
14th Poetry Africa Festival and Tour, Durban, Harare, Blantyre, 2010.
"Der Nil, Lebensader Afrikas/ The Nile, Africa's Lifeline: Sound Ensemble Nile.” 13th Poesiefestival Berlin/ Berlin International Poetry Festival, Germany, 2012.
Ngwatilo, with Special Guests writer, performer, with Sara Mitaru, Wambura Mitaru, Scott The Violinist, Nairobi, 2011.
“Festival CulturElles: The Sweat in her Shoes,” curator and performer, with Anne Moraa, Phyllis Muthoni, Daniel (Kim) Kimani, Alan Wanjohi and Isaac Anyanga. Alliance Francaise, Nairobi, 2011.
“The Puesic Project,” creator, Alliance Francaise, Nairobi, 2010.
“Jukwaani Festival: Raised from the Page,” curator and performer with Mugambi Nthiga, Alacoque Ntome, Juliette Omolo, and Daniel ‘Kim’ Kimani. Goethe Institute, Nairobi, 2010.
Stockholm Poesiefestival/ Stockholm International Poetry Festival, Sweden, 2009.
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