Cover of We Survived Until We Could Live by Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike.

We Survived Until We Could Live by Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike

He describes We Survived Until We Could Live, his latest collection of poetry as an “attempt to portray a glimpse of war’s horrific aftermath on the family.” In his “attempt to converse with the past,” he believes it is with poetry that he “can document the untold stories of suffering, invite readers into this world, and sharpen their empathy for fellow human beings in pain.”