CORA Book Party... for men of the verses CORA Book Party... for men of the verses FRIDAY, 23 AUGUST 2013 00:00 BY ANOTE AJELUOROU ART - ARTS LAST Sunday, at Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, the best of Nigerian writers (poets) gathered to give insight into their creative works. There were eager book enthusiasts too, who had come to partake of the literary feast on offer. Eleven of the best Nigerian poets both at home and in the Diaspora were present, thanks to technology. Seven of the home-based poets (except Okinba Launko – pen name for Femi Osofisan, who was absent - Seven Steps up the Stairways) were in attendance. They included Tade Ipadeola (The Sahara Testaments), Remi Raji (Sea of My Mind), Amu Nnadi (Through the Window of a Sandcastle), Ogochukwu Promise (Wild Letters), Iquo Eke (Symphony of Becoming), Obari Gomba (Length of Eyes) and G’ebinyo Egbowei (Marsh Boy and Other Poems). Unlike the previous two years when Diaspora writers were unable to make t