All the Places We Don't Want to Go

Gabriel Ògúngbadé examines the ignorance of adolescence. He plunges into youth to analyze its repercussions on a troubled mind. This highly-anticipated debut confronts anxiety, alcoholism, quarter-life crisis, starved romance, aloneness, spirituality, existence-- as its title suggests, all the places we don't want to go is a book of poetry that explores the caustic life of a rebel; his exploits, misadventures, cravings, heartaches, his failure to find love and satisfaction. An unrestrained,...