Ijeoma Umebinyuo is a

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. She is considered one of

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's best modern poets. Her short stories and poems have appeared in publications such as ''The Stockholm Review of Literature'', ''The Rising Phoenix Review'' and ''The MacGuffin''. Her

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was called "Dismantling The Culture of Silence". She has a book of poems called ''Questions for Ada'' and her work has been translated into many languages, including Turkish, Portuguese, Russian and French. Works 1. Questions for Ada

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