What might have been? A poet recalls flirtations and electric connections that could have led to a different life.Selina Nwulu is a writer of Nigerian heritage who is based in London. Her poetry and essays have been widely featured in a variety of journals, short films, and anthologies, including the critically-acclaimed anthology <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/10066/9780062912985" target="_blank">New Daughters of Africa</a>. Her first chapbook collection, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/10066/9781909136496" target="_blank">The Secrets I Let Slip</a>, was published in 2015 by Burning Eye Books and is a Poetry Book Society recommendation. She has toured her poetry extensively, both internationally and throughout the U.K. in a number of cultural institutions. She has also been featured in Vogue, ES Magazine, i-D, and Blavity, among others. Her work has been translated into Spanish, Greek, and Polish, and exhibited in Warsaw, New York, Dublin, and Glasgow. She was the Young Poet Laureate for London in 2015-16, and was shortlisted for the 2019 Brunel International African Poetry Prize. She was also a finalist for the 2021 U.K. Arts Award for Environmental Writing. <a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/little-resurrection-9781526649966/" target="_blank">A Little Resurrection</a> is her debut full-length collection. <a href="https://onbeing.org/programs/selina-nwulu-replay/#transcript" target="_blank">Find the transcript</a> for this show at onbeing.org.We’re pleased to offer <a href="https://onbeing.org/poetry/replay" target="_blank">Selina Nwulu’s poem</a>, and invite you to <a href="http://poetryunbound.org" target="_blank">connect with Poetry Unbound</a> throughout this season.

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