Heresy Is A City On My Tongue

Sincere gratitude to Adewole Daniel Bamidele for his unstinted artistic review of my works, the sparks of his works and all other writers and artists, and every day strangers whose works and lives have inspired this body of work from the cradle to this fully formed chapbook.  

And for the love of Charles Bukowski, Kaveh Akbah, Rumi, James Baldwin, Brymo and David Kushner. This is a gift to all lover of pure art. Have it, explore it and share your thoughts.

Minkail Olaitan is a young writer from Nigeria. A Editor-in-Chief at Akatunka, Chief Content Writer at the Gift of Chess, An Essayist, and Author of two beautiful poetry collections(Blindspot, and All Arrant Verses). His works have appeared in Nigeria Tribune, Shallow Tales Review, Afapinen, Fiery Scribe Review, National Insight, Akatunka, Brittle Paper and elsewhere. When he’s not writing, he enjoys listening to Brymo, David Kushner, Cole Swensen, watching movies or getting beat up on chess.com. You may reach him on X (Twitter) @Minkailola1 and Instagram @minkail_olaitan