Unravel by Tolu Oloruntoba
Canadian | CBC Books | Posted: April 7, 2025 6:14 PM | Last Updated: April 11
Poems peering at home, identity and the self
A poetic exploration of the cyclical philosophy of dismantling and remaking, Unravel is a moving and inventive rove through what could happen in the deconstructed aftermath of person and world. (From McClelland & Stewart)
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Tolu Oloruntoba is a writer from Nigeria who now lives in Alberta. His first full-length poetry collection, The Junta of Happenstance, won the 2021 Governor General's Literary Award for poetry.
He is the founder of the literary magazine Klorofyl and author of the chapbook Manubrium, which was shortlisted for the 2020 bpNichol Chapbook Award.