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Ugochukwu Damian Okpara

Ugochukwu Damian Okpara is a Nigerian-born writer and poet. He is the author of the poetry collection In Gorgeous Display (Fordham University Press, 2023) and the poetry chapbook I Know the Origin of My Tremor (Sundress Publications, 2021). A 2023 Lambda Literary Fellow and an alumnus of both the Tin House Summer Workshop and Chimamanda Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus Trust Creative Writing Workshop, his work has appeared in POETRY, New England Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, The Greensboro Review, and other publications. He holds an MFA in poetry from the University of Mississippi. Website: www.ugochukwudamian.com

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Ugochukwu Damian Okpara

Feb 5, 2026

On Arriving at My Partner’s Place to Meet His Mother

a mother calls to me and asks if i am her son’s partner. in her house, my laughter is careless and unpoised.

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Ugochukwu Damian Okpara

On Arriving at My Partner’s Place to Meet His Mother