Content Warning: Everything

Content Warning: Everything
AuthorAkwaeke Emezi
LanguageEnglish
GenrePoetry
PublisherCopper Canyon Press
Publication date
April 5, 2022
Publication placePort Townsend, Washington
Media typePrint, e-book
Pages64
ISBN9781556596292

Content Warning: Everything is a 2022 debut poetry collection by the Igbo-Tamil Nigerian writer Akwaeke Emezi. It was published by Copper Canyon Press and the collection explores themes of homelessness, survival, chosen family, and surrender. [1][2]

Plot

The poems are written from spirit-self perspectives and celebrate an essence of self that cannot be killed, drowned, or diminished.[3][4] It draws on Igbo spirituality and Christian mythology and navigated through the concept of Ogbanje. The poetry is closely connected to Emezi's memoir, Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir, and further explores Asughara, a central figure in their semi-autobiographical novel, Freshwater.[5]

Reception

Writing for Colorado Review, Robert Manaster described the collection's language as jolting and its lines as flowing effortlessly despite Emezi's sparse use of punctuation. He wrote, "Emezi's empowering voice never shies away from being themselves and taking responsibility as they reimagine this Catholic ritual..."[6]

Jeevika Verma, writing for Adroit Journal, described Emezi's voice as revolutionary,[7] while Keira Brown of SNACK Magazine observed that, "While the writing is sparse, it is stunningly selective, making you feel so much with so little."[8]

References

  1. ^ "Content Warning: Everything by Akwaeke Emezi". Copper Canyon Press. Retrieved 2026-06-08.
  2. ^ bloomsbury.com. "Content Warning". Bloomsbury. Archived from the original on 2025-08-07. Retrieved 2026-06-08.
  3. ^ "Content Warning: Everything". www.hks.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2026-06-08.
  4. ^ Emezi, Akwaeke (2022). Content warning: everything. Port Townsend, Washington: Copper Canyon Press. ISBN 978-1-55659-629-2.
  5. ^ "Content Warning: Everything". The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2026-06-08.
  6. ^ "Content Warning: Everything". Center for Literary Publishing. Retrieved 2026-06-08.
  7. ^ Verma, Jeevika (2022-06-14). "A Review of Akwaeke Emezi's Content Warning: Everything". The Adroit Journal. Retrieved 2026-06-08.
  8. ^ Brown, Keira (2023-02-07). "Content Warning: Everything by Akwaeke Emezi - Book Review". SNACK: Music, film, arts and culture magazine for Scotland. Retrieved 2026-06-08.

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