In this installment of "No Such Thing as a Still Life", Durhamite Nina Oteria wows with her fresh and startling prose poem inspired by artist Simone Leigh titled "The Waiting Room."
Nina Oteria
Nina Oteria is a poet living in Durham, North Carolina. She received her MFA in writing from Pratt and her BA in religion from Wake Forest University. Nina writes about nature, seeing, perceiving, and being a Black woman. She paints and is currently working on her first book.