ARGONAUT BOOKS

A debut poetry collection wrangling the various selves we hold and perform - across oceans and within relationships - told through a queer, Nigerian-American lens. Reviews 'What do we mean when we read a book and feel that we trust the writer? What I mean when I say that I trust Oluwaseun Olayiwola is that the poems in Strange Beach are as sure in their storytelling as centuries-old myths. These poems explain the world to me, rebuild it in front of my eyes with polysensory images that don't stop moving. And so I stand in the middle of Olayiwola's violent universe - where the...Read More