When she’s not teaching French and literature, Nadia Bongo writes poems and stories. In 2018, Nadia was selected to attend a Cave Canem Workshop. She was a Brooklyn Poets Fellow and Poet of the Week in 2021. Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Newtown Literary, the NYPL zine, Litro Magazine online, African Voices, The Citron Review, Taos Journal of Poetry, and elsewhere. She arrived in West Harlem by way of her native country Gabon and France. Nadia also loves drawing, taking photographs, and watching movies, especially horror.
The day I was born in Mwana hospital in Libreville, Mother realized that I was born to become a ghost. When I emerged swathed...
