Author: Carl Terver

Music

DʹBanj, The Unforgivable Prodigal

Post author By Carl Terver
Post date August 21, 2026

Cropped album cover: "The Entertainer: DʹSequel" (2024)

by Carl Terver

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A Critic At Large

The Poet in the Age of Algorithm

Post author By Carl Terver
Post date July 29, 2026
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Illustration by Orndir Fanen

by Carl Terver

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Photography

On Tobi Ajimuda’s “Softness in Strength”

Post author By Carl Terver
Post date July 27, 2026

From "softness in strength" by Tobi Ajimuda

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Visual Art

Sef Adeola and the Sense of Abstraction

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Post date July 5, 2026

sef adeola's "baby and the bee"

by Carl Terver

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Reviews

How Carnivorous Can Life Be?

Post author By Carl Terver
Post date July 1, 2026

Victoria Nwankpa (Courtesy of author); Book cover, When Love Found My Scars

by Carl Terver

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Essays

The Middleclass Problem of Nigerian Writing

Post author By Carl Terver
Post date March 19, 2026
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Reviews

Some Meals Are More Meal Than Others

Post author By Carl Terver
Post date December 3, 2025

Cover: A Meal Is A Meal; author, Nnamdi Anyadu

by Carl Terver

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Essays

Echolalia

Carl Terver (Image courtesy: author)

by Carl Terver

Tags echolalia, echolalia poetry, imagery, shlovsky, soul poetry

Dispatches

Coming In From the Cold II: the Tech of Text

Post author By Carl Terver
Post date November 9, 2025

Carl Terver in selfie

by Carl Terver

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Essays Music

Ripple Effect

Illustration by Orndir Fanen / From L-R: Falz; Dark Poet; M.I

by Carl Terver

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