Nwanne Agwu is from Ọkpọsị, Nigeria. He has been longlisted twice for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize and shortlisted for the Isele Nonfiction Prize. Nwanne has been or will be published in West Branch, Southern Humanities Review, The Republic, Isele Magazine, Southword, The Mukana Anthology of African Writing, and elsewhere. On Twitter (X), he's @‌NwanneAgwu

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Brother, She Calls Me

By NWANNE AGWU

I wish I had known better at eight when my mother's stroke changed my life. But not all knowledge arrives when it should.