"The amulet of meritocracy has failed, obviously. / This is the junta of happenstance." Tolu Oloruntoba’s (Tolu Oloruntoba) 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙅𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙖 𝙤𝙛 𝙃𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 (Palimpsest Press) is a collection that dismantles the illusion of fairness and reckons with randomness,

A poet, a lawyer (also a poet) and a philosopher-theologian had very nice things to say about my deconstruction book. I’m very grateful to Eduardo C. Corral (he/him/his), Dwayne Betts, and James K.A. Smith for their kindness.

Unravel goes on sale on Tuesday, March 25. Here’s an excerpt to tide you over. penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/747325/u…

Here's Jenny Berkel of Little Wren Books reading "A Good Reason," from UNRAVEL, better than I ever will. (IG link) instagram.com/reel/DIEZZNqxG…

Today on GET LIT! Two poets in the studios. Chris Bailey and I discuss his latest, Forecast: Pretty Bleak, then Tolu Oloruntoba and I discuss his newest, Unravel. 1230pm 93.3/cfmu.ca or on podcasts and here: tinyurl.com/5e8rdwk2 Tolu Oloruntoba Chris Bailey

Check out the New Books Network (@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social) to listen to me talk with Griffin & Giller Prize winning poet Tolu Oloruntoba about bonsai trimming, the afterlife of landfill diapers, & his stunning new collection, Unravel (McClelland & Stewart, 2025) newbooksnetwork.com/unravel #poetry

LISTEN/DOWNLOAD our latest show on CIUT 89.5 FM Hollay Ghadery (she/her) talks to Tolu Oloruntoba “Unravel” Griffin Poetry Prize & poet Chris Bailey “Forecast: Pretty Bleak” PenguinRandomHouseCA LISTEN/DOWNLOAD HERE: ciut.fm/howl/