Tolu Oloruntoba
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Tolu Oloruntoba
@tolu.ca
Bumbler, quitter of things, poet, and project management person (in that order).

New Collection: UNRAVEL (McClelland & Stewart, 2025).

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if dopamine didn’t interfere so much with discipline, I would be unstoppable.
January 15, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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January 15, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Is this no-water, or only-water? I was just getting to know you!
January 15, 2026 at 2:55 AM
I can’t believe it’s still up!
January 14, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Serious Victor von Doom vibes.
January 14, 2026 at 1:58 PM
It’s a meme. Many celebrities have gotten the same treatment.
January 14, 2026 at 7:16 AM
off past the asteroid belt
January 13, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Same difference!
January 13, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Love this poem.
January 13, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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January 13, 2026 at 7:05 PM
sometimes I hear people describe the craft in ways that make it seem like they know exactly what they’re doing! It makes me very conscious of my lack of training.
January 13, 2026 at 6:10 PM
that’s a very kind view, thank you.
January 13, 2026 at 6:04 PM
*sense how they work

See, I can’t even spell.
January 13, 2026 at 5:51 PM
*many
January 13, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Follow me for more tips on failing upward in the literary world.
January 13, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Just like how I cannot tell you any of the rules or grammar or what may literary concepts are called. I send how they work, though, and how they could be subverted successfully. Anyway I’m not ever quitting my day job.
January 13, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Fair enough!
January 13, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Oh no don’t look it in the eye!
January 13, 2026 at 2:11 PM
I was thinking the same about Pinky Malinky yesterday, who fills me with existential dread.
January 11, 2026 at 3:18 AM
I first read this book in 2015 when I was trying to get into design school. The optimism around design then was almost religious.
January 11, 2026 at 3:16 AM