“Leonard Ugwu first came into literary prominence in 2017 when he published Echoes of the Invisible. Four years later, he is back with another poetry volume, Echoes of Bullets... In this poetry collection, the poet re-examines the war theme, using dark and dank tropes while painting a darkening picture of a looming war with its fetid and dingy...See More“Leonard Ugwu first came into literary prominence in 2017 when he published Echoes of the Invisible. Four years later, he is back with another poetry volume, Echoes of Bullets... In this poetry collection, the poet re-examines the war theme, using dark and dank tropes while painting a darkening picture of a looming war with its fetid and dingy aftermath... Ugwu reminds one of Okigbo’s path in “Path of Thunder” with its cautious optimism and dissonant vibes addressed to those who have ears...It’s a book that keeps you on the edge while, at the same time, invites you to reexamine the perils of war...In Echoes of Bullets, Ugwu wears the toga of a town crier and a minstrel deconstructing war, its aftermath and the imperative of forestalling a recurrence in postcolonial Africa.”
-- The Sun News Online. Tuesday 2nd November, 2021.
“In this collection, the youthful virtuosic poet, Leonard Ugwu, paints vivid pictures of war and peace as complementary experiences that make or mar human communities and societies. Although he belongs to the younger generation which did not see the civil war in Nigeria, he remains a child of the violence that has trailed the aftermath of it and threatens to propel that generation into renewed tragedy under this part of the sky. Flying on the wings of poetic and prophetic license, Ugwu forges bitter-sweet words and prodigious imagery on his creative anvil, as he tries to rein in all of us from the alluring drums of disaster.”
-Chuu Krydz Ikwuemesi, Painter, Art Critic
“… After reading this book, I only but wished that I had the fortune of reading it much earlier than now. That this book will touch the souls and transform the minds of everybody that reads it is a fact to which I bear profound testament. Leonard Jr. is a very talented young writer and I am certain that he will go places with his writing. He should confidently expect to be inundated by an outpour of appreciation from grateful readers who will be touched and transformed by the great wisdom which this book embeds.”
Chidubem C. Agbo Toronto, Canada.