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Held Just Enough

Held Just Enough

by Okwudili Nebeolisa

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Okwudili Nebeolisa
Mar 09, 2023
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It's been more than two years since I left Nigeria for the US for my MFA. The thought is always on my mind but then so is the thought of the cost — financial and mental-wise — of going back to visit loved ones. I don't particularly miss the frequent power outages and the rampant inefficiency that is ubiquitous in that country. I don't want to experience…

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Okwudili Nebeolisa is a graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop. He is a recipient of the Elizabeth George Foundation Grant. His work has appeared in Commonwealth Writers, Catapult, Image Journal, The Sewanee Review, and The Threepenny Review.
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