1) "Prominent in The Art of the Lonely Wanderer] is the journey motif, the desire, if not obsession with leaving one's homeland in search of a more stabled and prosperous, society. Working with this trope, Gbanabom Hallowell explores the interconnections between geographical space and individual and national identity within the conflicting and paradoxical contexts of staying and leaving, and memory and forgetting. A traumatic society confronting the legacies of its past, the journey is metaphorically one of self-discovery, of retracing the lost pathways, restoring lost values, addressing the...
1) "Prominent in The Art of the Lonely Wanderer] is the journey motif, the desire, if not obsession with leaving one's homeland in search of a more s...
It is acknowledged that creative writing, anywhere, remains a rather intensely personal affair, without being private. And indeed, it is because of the lack of privacy in creative writing that a nation should encourage the growth of its literary tradition. Writers do not just tell their stories or poets show their emotions; in their 'moods', they assume a multidimensional posture so as to be able to tell universally acceptable stories to appeal to different human senses. The contributors to this anthology are mostly first time writers, whose works have not found access in mainstream literary...
It is acknowledged that creative writing, anywhere, remains a rather intensely personal affair, without being private. And indeed, it is because of th...
"Gbanabom Hallowell's poems are free flowing and he delivers them with flourish, aplomb, and satirical agility. His poems do not lack the classic surrealism, which are pertinent to poems of anguish. Reading Hallowell seems to confirm that beyond art form, poetry can be a soul-searching vehicle that offers a glimpse into the conscience of mankind, a nation and a poet's mindset---some form of refractive mirror. He has met the litmus test of having transcended the threshold that all aspiring poets must accost, which American poet and critic, M. L. Rosenthal, says, "was to practice the art of...
"Gbanabom Hallowell's poems are free flowing and he delivers them with flourish, aplomb, and satirical agility. His poems do not lack the classic surr...
"The spirit of search pervades the whole collection with recurring images of the poet looking through windows into vast expanses of landscape and seascape, into the Lion Mountains of his country, into its trees, listening to the sound of its rivers, its birds and its people. Gbanabom Hallowell is always conscious of his responsibility as a poet to his country." --Eldred Durosimi Jones, Editor, "African Literature Today" and author, "Othello's Countrymen"
"The spirit of search pervades the whole collection with recurring images of the poet looking through windows into vast expanses of landscape and seas...
