Agarau curated and edited Memento: An Anthology of Contemporary Nigerian Poetry.
Agarau is the author of three poetry chapbooks: For Boys Who Went, 2016, The Origin of Name which was selected for a chapbook box edited by Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani in 2020, and The Arrival of Rain, published in 2020 by Vegetarian Alcoholic Press.
[5][6][7][8] His writing is leading conversations on the possibilities of a wave of the new generation Nigerian writers and have attracted wide review from magazines like Open Country, YesPoetry, and AfroCritik.
[15][16][17] He has been profiled or interviewed on international platforms including Africritik, Africa in Dialogue, Literature Voices, Nanty Greens, Libretto, Poets in Nigeria, Isele Magazine, Splash FM, Shamsrumi.
[18][19][20][21][22] Agarau was shortlisted for the Brunel African Poetry Prize in 2022, recipient of the Stanley Award for International Research and the Robert Hayden Fellowship.