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Tolu Oloruntoba
@toluini.bsky.social
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Bumbler, quitter of things, poet, and project management person (in that order). New Collection: UNRAVEL (McClelland & Stewart, 2025). Opinions mine. https://bio.site/tolu.ca he/him
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Tolu Oloruntoba @toluini.bsky.social · 16h
It was a good post! I hope you can find some sleep.
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Tolu Oloruntoba @toluini.bsky.social · 16h
does this…does this mean insomnia won this round? 🙂
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Tolu Oloruntoba @toluini.bsky.social · 1d
Or the neurodivergent ability to compute very diffuse signals into ✨knowing✨
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Tolu Oloruntoba @toluini.bsky.social · 1d
This book is SO good.
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Tolu Oloruntoba @toluini.bsky.social · 2d
“nephmew” is the best word I’ve read today.
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Tolu Oloruntoba @toluini.bsky.social · 4d
Is waking up in tears a sign of life stress? Asking for a friend.
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Robin Johnson @robinjohnson.bsky.social · 5d
(Bob Marley writing drafts)
I'm gonna be steel like an eel in Biel

I'm gonna be tin like a pangolin in Turin

I'm gonna be lead like a hammerhead in Hampstead

I'm gonna be zincy like a minke in Helsinki
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Tolu Oloruntoba @toluini.bsky.social · 5d
Or Mahaila Smith’s SEED BEETLE.
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Tolu Oloruntoba @toluini.bsky.social · 5d
Or Franny Choi’s SOFT SCIENCE.
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Tolu Oloruntoba @toluini.bsky.social · 5d
Or a full-length collection. David Fincher and/or Lana Wachowski need to option @paulvermeersch.bsky.social ‘s NMLCT.
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Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 5d
When is Netflix going to start adapting poetry chapbooks into limited series?
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Tolu Oloruntoba @toluini.bsky.social · 5d
I’ll post the SFU Lunch Poems flyer once I have it. I’m really glad to be visiting Edmonton for the first time!
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Tolu Oloruntoba @toluini.bsky.social · 5d
Trio of upcoming events:

1. October 9, 7 PM, MDT: Flywheel Reading Series, with Beth Everest & Doug Waite. Pages Books, Calgary.

2. October 15, 12:30 PM MDT: MacEwan U Visiting Authors Series. Room 7-265, MacEwan University Edmonton.

3. November 19, 12 PM PST: SFU Lunch Poems, with Karen Solie.
Orange flyer with white text within a black border. Text reads: "October 9, 2025 Flywheel Tolu Oloruntoba Beth Everest Music by Doug Wasite Pages Books on Kensington 7:00 PM" White flyer with the MacEwan University logo in the upper left corner, and a large orange-shadowed yellow speech bubble pointing to a logo in the bottom left corner. The logo has the text "Visiting Authors Series" across an open book. There is a circular inset in the right lower corner with a photo of the author, a black man in a brown faux leather jacket, black t-shirt, and locs. The speech bubble has the following text: "A Literary Reading and Q&A Featuring Tolu Oloruntoba Tolu Oloruntoba won the Governor General’s Literary Award and the Canadian Griffin Poetry Prize for his debut collection, The Junta of Happenstance. He is the author of two other poetry collections, Each One a Furnace and Unravel. He studied medicine and surgery at the University of Ibadan, and health care management at the Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School. He has been a peer assessor for the Governor General’s Literary Award and a judge of the CBC Poetry Prize. He delivered the 2022 League of Canadian Poets Anne Szumigalski Lecture, and is a Civitella Ranieri Fellow. He lives in Calgary. Day: Wednesday, October 15th Time: 12:30PM - 1:50PM Room: 7-265 Free and open to everyone!"
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Tolu Oloruntoba @toluini.bsky.social · 9d
I’m only 25% in but I’ve been savouring it.
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Tolu Oloruntoba @toluini.bsky.social · 9d
As a poet living in the (environmental and social) Derangement the narrator of the book looks back upon, it has been prompting deep reflection on legacy and how we should be responding to the crises we’re living through.
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Tolu Oloruntoba @toluini.bsky.social · 9d
Ian McEwan’s WHAT WE CAN KNOW is set in the year 2119, and follows an academic’s research of archival material in his investigation of the life and work of a legendary poet. It is a very effective proxy for examining the late Anthropocene and how large our folly must loom to future generations.
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 10d
Wrong that cannot be repaired must be transcended.
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Tolu Oloruntoba @toluini.bsky.social · 11d
They look so good! Congratulations!
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Tolu Oloruntoba @toluini.bsky.social · 12d
The grief and unmooring associated with this can be devastating, though.
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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 14d
CHOTINER: did you know who his dad was when you started to taunt him?

ODYSSEUS: no, I should have guessed some god but I figured I was protected by Athena and it would probably be fine if I mocked him

CHOTINER: Remind me, what is Athena the goddess of?

ODYSSEUS: wisdom… look, can we move on?
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Tolu Oloruntoba @toluini.bsky.social · 14d
Congratulations!!!
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Ali Davis @alidavis.bsky.social · 15d
The Rapture is an independent contractor. They can only give you a general window for it.
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Tolu Oloruntoba @toluini.bsky.social · 15d
😅
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Tolu Oloruntoba @toluini.bsky.social · 15d
This is good content.
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Tolu Oloruntoba @toluini.bsky.social · 17d
Libraries *do* support authors, which you would know if you ever spoke to any.
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Tolu Oloruntoba @toluini.bsky.social · 17d
It is THEE perfect book. My goodness.

(Prophet did this for me as well, so thank you for that.)
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