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About Me

I make my living as an Environmental Engineer. I am a Renaissance man with varied interests that cuts across the arts, humanities, and sciences. I am a quiz junkie.

Listen to the audio clips of some of the letters

I am the Publisher of the book, Letters to My Sisters: Plain Truths and Straightforward Advice from a Gynecologist by Ngozi Osuagwu, MD, FACOG, RYT (Ben Bosah Books, April 2006). Google the phrase "Letters to My Sisters" or check out the book and some of the reviews at .

Click the image above to get to the Letters to My Sisters website.

My Interests

Reading, Writing, Publlishing, Photography, Filmmaking and Promotions. Publisher of a must-read book on Women's Health titled Letters to My Sisters: Plain Truths and Straightforward Advice from a Gynecologist

featured in The Wall Street Journal.

. I expect to greenlight my feature film, a drama titled "Stunned into Action" in late 2007. I'll be having an exhibition of photographs in November 2007.

I'd like to meet:

Agents of Positive Change.

Music:

Jazz of all ages, World Music, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Bob Marley and all Putumayo CDs

Movies:

The Shawshank Redemption; The Good, the Bad and the Ugly; John Q; Baran; Open Water; The Scent of a Woman. I love compelling dramas with inspiring elements.

Television:

Jeopardy, Who wants to be a millionaire? Network News Programs. Grey's Anatomy

Books:

Things Fall Apart, Purple Hibiscus, Graceland, The Life of Pi, The Tipping Point, Who Moved my Cheese, Fish, The works of Chis Abani, Peter Abraham, Chinua Achebe, Ngozi Chimamanda Adichie, T.M. Aluko, Cyprain Ekwensi, Camara Laye, Somerset Maugham, James Mitchener, Ngugi wa Thiongo, Wole Soyinka, Milan Kundera, Gabriela Garcia Marquez.

Heroes:

Ben Bosah, Sr., Aminu Kano

My Blog

Routine Medical Tests for Women

Routine Medical Tests for Women Add to My Profile | More VideosWatch the video and forward to your friends. Encourage them to also get the book Letters to My Sisters: Plain Truths and Stra...
Posted by BenPen on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:02:00 PST

The Missteps of a First Time Publisher

Read Jeffrey Trachtenberg's article on the missteps of a first time publisher in The Wall Street Journal of November 13, 2007. And help me get this must read book out of my garage before winter. Smile...
Posted by BenPen on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:26:00 PST

Letters to My Sisters is now available as an eBook

For those who have not bought and read the award winning book "Letters to My Sisters: Plain Truths and Straightforward Advice from a Gynecologist" and all my friends who have not bought the book espec...
Posted by BenPen on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:58:00 PST

Help Ben by calling your acquisition librarians

It is with pleasure that I write to inform you that the book "Letters to My Sisters: Plain Truths and Straightforward Advice from a Gynecologist" was selected as a runner up in the 2007 Benjamin Frank...
Posted by BenPen on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 01:19:00 PST

Happy Mothers Day and National Women's Health Week

To my friends who are mothers, a happy mothers day. To others take a look at the message and share it with your friends and mothers. Every year, Mother's Day ushers in the National Women's Health Week...
Posted by BenPen on Mon, 14 May 2007 05:55:00 PST

Ben Bosah Books is a finalist for Best First Book Award

It is with pleasure that I write to inform you that the book "Letters to My Sisters: Plain Truths and Straightforward Advice from a Gynecologist" has been named as one of three finalists in the 2007 B...
Posted by BenPen on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:50:00 PST

Common Gynecological Conditions

Simply the easiest read to discuss women's health in years. Buy this cheap but most important referene book on gynecological health and find the answers to the questions you always wondered about but ...
Posted by BenPen on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:20:00 PST

Who are my sisters?

Adapted from 'Letters to My Sisters: Plain Truths and Straightforward Advice from a Gynecologist' by Ngozi Osuagwu, MD, FACOG (Ben Bosah Books, 2006) Who are my sisters? If you are a woman, you are ...
Posted by BenPen on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 05:32:00 PST

A Poem - The One in the Glass

Adapted from 'Letters to My Sisters: Plain Truths and Straightforward Advice from a Gynecologist' by Ngozi Osuagwu, MD, FACOG (Ben Bosah Books, 2006) The One in the GlassWhen you get what you want i...
Posted by BenPen on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:28:00 PST

Vaginal Discharge

Adapted from 'Letters to My Sisters: Plain Truths and Straightforward Advice from a Gynecologist' by Ngozi Osuagwu, MD, FACOG (Ben Bosah Books, 2006) Dear Chelsea:How many times must I tell you that...
Posted by BenPen on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 06:06:00 PST