In Biographies are a Joke, her collection of really short stories and poems, Stella Uchechi explores a series of personal experiences which span across several years of trying to find the balance between love, fantasy and desire. This aptly titled collection opens with a series of stories which are interspersed with non-fictive narration and a spattering of fiction here and there. From the beginning of the journey, we are introduced to the world of a young woman, shuttling between love stories, trying too hard to establish an identity and desperate for some form of salvation. The stories in Biographies are a Joke cover different subjects, much of which border on the need for companionship, and spans across a pretty long time. In them, we find Stella Uchechi trying to unburden the struggle of managing life as a single mother, waltzing from relationship to relationship in search of the warmth of another, and ending up in church, at the foot of the altar, accepting Jesus. The telling is typical of a Nigerian who has managed to keep a straight face despite all the struggles he has faced. Somehow, Stella manages to hold the attention of the ready by involving a narrative approach that personalizes the story and wins the heart of the reader.