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Oluwaseun Olayiwola

Oluwaseun Olayiwola is a poet, critic and choreographer living in London. His poems have been published in the Guardian, the Poetry Review, Oxford Poetry, fourteen poems and elsewhere. A Ledbury Poetry Critic, his criticism has been published in the Telegraph, the TLS, the Poetry School and Magma. His debut collection Strange Beach is forthcoming from Granta Books.

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Essays & Memoir | Issue 166
Essays & Memoir | Issue 166

Generation Gap

Oluwaseun Olayiwola

‘Listening to three white poets, whom I suspect are academics, talk about the state of poetry.’

Oluwaseun Olayiwola eavesdrops on an older generation.

Poetry | Issue 164 padlock
Poetry | Issue 164 padlock

Strange Beach

Oluwaseun Olayiwola

‘Worth. It circles around you – / the increasing gap between the surface’

A poem by Oluwaseun Olayiwola.

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Poetry | Issue 164 padlock

More Night

Oluwaseun Olayiwola

‘Immeasurable beauty / is immeasurable precisely / until it’s gone –’

A poem by Oluwaseun Olayiwola.

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