Adam is the debut poetry collection by UEA alumnus Gboyega Odubanjo (1996-2023) and is published posthumously by Faber & Faber this week. Gboyega graduated from with a BA in English and Philosphy in 2017 and from the MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) in 2018. He was the author of three poetry pamphlets: While I Yet Live (Bad Betty Press, 2019), Two stops short of Barking (The Alternative School of Economics, 2021), and Aunty Uncle Poems (The Poetry Business 2021), which won of the New Poets Prize, the Michael Marks Poetry Award and an Eric Gregory Award. A Barbican Young Poet alumnus, Odubanjo was an editor at Bath Mag journal and Bad Betty Press, co-chair of Magma and a member of the Roundhouse Poetry Collective, after which he later became a Roundhouse Resident Artist. He was a creative writing tutor on the Creative Future IMPART programme, supporting writers from underrepresented backgrounds. The Gboyega Odubanjo Foundation for low-income Black writers was established in 2023 to honour his legacy.
Adam by Gboyega Odubanjo
