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Join the Conversation: Adedayo Agarau Discusses ‘The Years of Blood’ With Noah Oladele
P&T Knitwear is pleased to welcome Adedayo Agarau to celebrate and discuss his new book, The Years of Blood. In this unflinching debut collection, Agarau confronts the harrowing reality of ritual killings and child abductions that have terrorized Nigeria from the turbulent pre-democratic era to the present day.
Adedayo will be joined in conversation by Noah Oladele. Along with a discussion and audience Q&A, Adedayo will also sign copies of his book.
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- This is a ticketed in-store event with limited amphitheater-style seating.
- Doors open at 6:30pm.
- Cost of a $5 general admission ticket can be applied towards your purchase of the featured event book or any product in our café the night of an event.
- Cost of a book bundle ticket reflects the total cost of the feature event book (MSRP plus tax). Each book bundle ticket guarantees ticket holders one (1) copy of the feature event book.
- Books will be for sale at the event.
- The talk will be followed by a book signing. Books signed at P&T Knitwear events must be purchased from P&T Knitwear.
- If you would like a signed copy and cannot attend the event, we’re happy to take your pre-order. We ship to most places!
- We encourage all guests to wear masks.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Adedayo Agarau is the author of “The Years of Blood,” winner of the Poetic Justice Institute Editor’s Prize for BIPOC Writers (Fordham University Press, Fall 2025). He is a Wallace Stegner Fellow ‘25, a Cave Canem Fellow and a 2024 Ruth Lilly-Rosenberg Fellowship finalist. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Agbowó Magazine: A Journal of African Literature and Art and a Poetry Reviews Editor for The Rumpus. He is the author of the chapbooks “Origin of Name” (African Poetry Book Fund, 2020) and “The Arrival of Rain” (Vegetarian Alcoholic Press, 2020).
ABOUT THE MODERATOR
Noah Oladele is a PhD student in the Media, Culture, and Communication program at New York University. He is interested in the digital ethnographic study of the Nigerian digital space.