NEW IN HARDCOVER · WAVE BOOKS · FEBRUARY 2026

Riverhouse

POEMS BY OYINKAN ABEBE

WAVE BOOKS · FEBRUARY 2026 · 96 PAGES · ISBN 978-1-950268-99-1

Read three poems from Riverhouse →

Oyinkan Abebe

Poet. Translator from the Yoruba. Author of three collections.

SELECTED WORKS

Riverhouse

POETRY · WAVE BOOKS · 2026

Poems on water, inheritance, and the year my grandmother taught me Yoruba.

The Names of Doors

POETRY · COFFEE HOUSE PRESS · 2022

Selected as a New York Times Editors' Choice.

First Light

POETRY · TUPELO PRESS · 2018

Winner of the Tupelo Press Berkshire Prize.

Singing Yoruba: Selected Poems of Niyi Osundare

TRANSLATION · TWO LINES PRESS · 2024

A career-spanning selection, translated and introduced.

The Praise Singers

TRANSLATION · TWO LINES PRESS · 2020

Translated from the Yoruba, with an introduction by Femi Osofisan.

UPCOMING READINGS

APR 18 · 2026

Brooklyn, NY · BookCourt

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APR 25 · 2026

Cambridge, MA · Harvard Bookstore

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MAY 8 · 2026

Iowa City, IA · Prairie Lights

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MAY 22 · 2026

Los Angeles, CA · Hauser & Wirth Bookshop

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JUN 6 · 2026

London, UK · Foyles Charing Cross

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JUN 14 · 2026

Lagos, Nigeria · Quintessence Gallery

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ABOUT

Oyinkan Abebe was born in Lagos in 1981 and raised in Brooklyn. Her first collection, First Light, won the Tupelo Press Berkshire Prize in 2018. The Names of Doors (Coffee House, 2022) was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Riverhouse (Wave Books, 2026) is her third collection. She has translated Niyi Osundare and Femi Osofisan into English. She teaches in the MFA program at NYU and lives in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.

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