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Jide Salawu @jidesalawu.bsky.social · 18h

Jide Salawu @jidesalawu.bsky.social · 20h

One who, like you, has been in the game for years, knows that this crowdfunding project requires strategy and calculation. You may have thought about the risks involved in improving the intellectual life of your country... Latest for @flaminghydra.com

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How to Crowdfund a National Library Like a Queen

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Flaming Hydra @flaminghydra.com · 20h

TODAY: @jidesalawu.bsky.social on the queenly appraoch to crowdfunding for a national library. "A bragging point for the nobles in your court to say, 'Oh yes! Ten million to this!' Perhaps they will even compete with one another in their generosity." flaminghydra.com/how-to-crowd...

How to Crowdfund a National Library Like a Queen

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Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 2d

Double delight. Some beauty.

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The Yale Review @yalereview.bsky.social · 3d

"I broke
into a house
I thought
abandoned
& wrote
my first poem
on its walls"

— Aldo Amparán, "In My Terrible Years"

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NeWest Press @newestpress.bsky.social · 8d

✨ In conversation: @jidesalawu.bsky.social and Marilyn Dumont at Henderson Hall at the University of Alberta. You won't want to miss this discussion with two brilliant poets!

Where: Henderson Hall at the University of Alberta (North Campus)
When: October 29, 2025 2-4pm

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In Conversation with Jide Salawu and Marilyn Dumont. October 29, 2025 2-4pm

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NeWest Press @newestpress.bsky.social · 9d

🎉 Happy Pub Day!!🎉 to @jidesalawu.bsky.social and his new collection CONTRABAND BODIES, available now at a bookstore near you and should be on any book lovers fall TBR pile!

#NeWestPress #ContrabandBodies #NewRelease #CrowSaidPoetry #ReadLocal #BuyCanadian

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Book Cover: Contraband Bodies. Poems. Jide Salawu. A closeup photograph of a dark skinned man's neck and shoulders and he twists in movement. The photograph is cut into sections and geometrically juxtaposed against itself.

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University of Alberta Press @ualbertapress.bsky.social · 10d

Edmonton friends, Jide Salawu launches Contraband Bodies at Audreys Books on October 16. This is his debut poetry collection. Congratulations, Jide!
https://bit.ly/46OhQ0s

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Jide Salawu @jidesalawu.bsky.social · 11d

Question I will be asking @hystericalblkns.bsky.social this week is, how does she write so smooth--sentences clean as bones? If you are in Edmonton neighbourhood this is not an event to miss.🪶

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NeWest Press @newestpress.bsky.social · 15d

🚀 YOU ARE INVITED to the launch of CONTRABAND BODIES, the brand new collection from @jidesalawu.bsky.social!

When: Oct 16, 2025
Where: Doors at 6:30pm @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social (10702 Jasper Ave)
Snacks: Of course!

#NeWestPress #BookLaunch #ContrabandBodies #Fall2025 #ReadLocal #BuyCanadian

Event Poster: Book launch. Contraband Bodies with Jide Salawu. October 16, 2025. Doors at 6:30pm at Audreys Books in Edmonton

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Joanna Streetly @joannastreetly.bsky.social · Sep 9

Very excited to announce… cue drumroll… the NEW BOOK IS ALMOST HERE!! Look at the beautiful cover by @caitlinpress.bsky.social
#writingcommunity #amwriting #books #authors #poetry #poetrycommunity

Caitlin Press/Dagger Editions @caitlinpress.bsky.social · Sep 8

Six years ago, @joannastreetly.bsky.social's two stepsons and their boat disappeared into the ocean on an eerily calm night. All of Us Hidden begins with poems that inhabit Tla-o-qui-aht traditional territory.
Pre-order your copy now at caitlinpress.com/Books/A/All-... or anywhere books are sold!

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Joanna Streetly @joannastreetly.bsky.social · Aug 27

Very excited for the release of this collection. Jide’s writing is so strong and atmospheric

Jide Salawu @jidesalawu.bsky.social · Aug 27

Since my poetry apprenticeship began, I have taken literary tutelage under many. Such graceful words about Contraband Bodies.

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Jide Salawu @jidesalawu.bsky.social · Aug 27

Thanks a lot Joanna for your kind words 😁

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Jide Salawu @jidesalawu.bsky.social · Aug 27

Since my poetry apprenticeship began, I have taken literary tutelage under many. Such graceful words about Contraband Bodies.

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Jide Salawu @jidesalawu.bsky.social · Aug 22

See who is coming to EFS!

Jide Salawu @jidesalawu.bsky.social · Aug 16

A glimpse of beauty in the English Garden, Winnipeg.

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Jide Salawu @jidesalawu.bsky.social · Aug 12

It looks even gorgeous than I thought. This book will definitely give your shelf a new life. I promise. Contraband Bodies is a poetic imaginary of migration from below.

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NeWest Press @newestpress.bsky.social · Jul 25

✨ Fall Books are coming soon!✨

We're so excited for this amazing list! Which book are you most looking forward to?

#NeWestPress #Fall2025 #NewRelease #ABbooks #CanadianLiterature #CanLit #ReadLocal #BuyLocal #ReadCanadian #BuyCanadian
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Introducing NeWest Press Fall 2025 New Releases

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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · Jul 22

Another sad and illuminating story about trash fake art... made this time by a real person

Flaming Hydra @flaminghydra.com · Jul 22

TODAY: @jidesalawu.bsky.social on the boring exploits of literary hoaxer Aaron Barry, who "seems to believe the outlook for publishing is grim, and that talented writers from the majority and hegemonic classes are barred from opportunities to publish" flaminghydra.com/the-poetry-s...

The Poetry Swindler

On Thursday, July 17, 2025, my friend Hussain Ahmed sent me a Daily Mail article written by Sonya Gugliara headlined, “Straight white author’s career finally takes off after he tells woke publishers h...

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Jide Salawu @jidesalawu.bsky.social · Jul 22

My latest newsletter for @flaminghydra.com interrogates the life of a literary hoaxer. It is worth ringing to ears that writing about gender, sexuality, or Blackness is not a mere aesthetic choice for Afro-Canadian writer!

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The Poetry Swindler

On Thursday, July 17, 2025, my friend Hussain Ahmed sent me a Daily Mail article written by Sonya Gugliara headlined, “Straight white author’s career finally takes off after he tells woke publishers h...

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JOE MACLEOD 666 @joemacleod666.bsky.social · Jul 22

FLAMING HYDRA!!! Jídé Salawu @jidesalawu.bsky.social investigates a faux-Nigerian literary hoax, and Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social takes in an art exhibit flaminghydra.com/issue-364/

Perverse verse / Creative instinct

Jídé Salawu investigates a faux-Nigerian literary hoax, and Anna Merlan takes in an art exhibit

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Flaming Hydra @flaminghydra.com · Jul 22

TODAY: @jidesalawu.bsky.social on the boring exploits of literary hoaxer Aaron Barry, who "seems to believe the outlook for publishing is grim, and that talented writers from the majority and hegemonic classes are barred from opportunities to publish" flaminghydra.com/the-poetry-s...

The Poetry Swindler

On Thursday, July 17, 2025, my friend Hussain Ahmed sent me a Daily Mail article written by Sonya Gugliara headlined, “Straight white author’s career finally takes off after he tells woke publishers h...

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Jide Salawu @jidesalawu.bsky.social · Jul 13

Thank you @newestpress.bsky.social

NeWest Press @newestpress.bsky.social · Jul 9

✨ cover reveal✨ Contraband Bodies by Jide Salawu

Contraband Bodies is a debut to be reckoned with. Jide Salawu shines in this personal record of migratory travails and a country lost to precarious politics.

#NeWestPress #JideSalawu #ContrabandBodies #Fall2025 #CrowSaidPoetry #CanadianPoetry

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Jide Salawu @jidesalawu.bsky.social · Jun 29

We have got a cover for Contraband Bodies

A poetry book cover with a back view of a man.