Dr. Nwachukwu is Assistant Professor of English at Eastern University. He’s a poet, fiction writer, and essayist. He works at the intersection between contemporary literary fiction and speculative fiction.
He’s worked as a salesman, advert executive, kindergarten teacher, and chess pro.
Education
- Ph.D. English, Florida State University
- MFA, University of Texas at Austin
- BS, Biochemistry, University of Calabar (Nigeria)
Classes Taught
- ENGL 102, College Writing
- ENGL 344, Advanced Writing: Short Fiction
Interests
Fiction, poetry, cosmopolitanism, fiction in the context of aesthetics and culture, literary criticism, afrobeat/s, rap, chess.
Selected Publications
- “Spain’s Last Colonial Outposts,” Ploughshares, Summer 2022
- “Cyborg’s Brother,” AGNI, Spring 2022
- “Pandemic Surrealism,” AGNI, 2022
- “Urban Gorilla,” The Southern Review, Spring 2017
- “Train Juju,” The Iowa Review, Spring 2017
