Originally from the West Side of Chicago, Olatunde Osinaike is a Nigerian-American poet and essayist, now living in Atlanta with his wife. He is the author of Image + Likeness (Alice James Books, forthcoming) and Tender Headed (Akashic Books, 2023), selected by Camille Rankine as a winner of the National Poetry Series. His debut collection, for which he was named the 2024 Georgia Author of the Year in Poetry, has been celebrated by The Millions, Publishers Weekly, Brittle Paper, New York Times, and EBONY Magazine. A winner of the Lucille Clifton Poetry Prize, his work has appeared, or is forthcoming, in Literary Hub, 68to05, The Slowdown, Obsidian, Poet Lore, 20.35 Africa, Hunger Mountain, Los Angeles Review, and elsewhere.

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