Jide Salawu
@jidesalawu.bsky.social
Ọkọ Kóbìtán. Poetry and Literary Scholarship. Gateman at Brown Bamboo.
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Jide Salawu
@jidesalawu.bsky.social
· Oct 11
How to Crowdfund a National Library Like a Queen
Though popularly perceived as the act of gathering support for someone in dire need, crowdfunding is a serious business. It is a discipline, in fact, requiring a well-conceived idea with written narra...
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One who, like you, has been in the game for years, knows that this crowdfunding project requires strategy and calculation. You may have thought about the risks involved in improving the intellectual life of your country... Latest for @flaminghydra.com
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With friends In Kingston Ontario. I don't know why anyone would be anti-coffee! Need to get these guys on the side of the pure arabica!
November 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
With friends In Kingston Ontario. I don't know why anyone would be anti-coffee! Need to get these guys on the side of the pure arabica!
Thanks so much for your kind words and support always.✨✨✨🌸
This strong collection by @jidesalawu.bsky.social arrived in my life today. If you haven’t read Jide’s work yet, I encourage you to dive in! He writes of migration, the leaving and the waiting and the loss. He writes of a broken and exploited homeland, one that sings through him onto the page.
November 13, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Thanks so much for your kind words and support always.✨✨✨🌸
Yes man!
November 5, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Yes man!
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Thanks to Catherine Owen for this generous review of my book. It’s such an honour when someone takes the time to read and respond to your work, and you know that your work has reached beyond the void.
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All of Us Hidden by Joanna Streetly (Caitlin Press 2025)
It might come as little surprise that I adore lyric poetry, real lyrics grounded in actual experience that produce their own wild and accura...
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November 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Thanks to Catherine Owen for this generous review of my book. It’s such an honour when someone takes the time to read and respond to your work, and you know that your work has reached beyond the void.
brilliantwomeninc.blogspot.com/2025/11/all-...
brilliantwomeninc.blogspot.com/2025/11/all-...
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I am still vibrating from last night’s Alchemy Lecture. The video is available for 2 weeks. Please join us in this chorus.
Sound—at the Interregnum.
Glen Coulthard
Madeleine Thien
Canisia Lubrin
Immanuel Wilkins
Whew. What they did!!!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=EqpH...
Sound—at the Interregnum.
Glen Coulthard
Madeleine Thien
Canisia Lubrin
Immanuel Wilkins
Whew. What they did!!!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=EqpH...
The 2025 Alchemy Lecture: Sound—at the Interregnum
YouTube video by York University - Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
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October 31, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I am still vibrating from last night’s Alchemy Lecture. The video is available for 2 weeks. Please join us in this chorus.
Sound—at the Interregnum.
Glen Coulthard
Madeleine Thien
Canisia Lubrin
Immanuel Wilkins
Whew. What they did!!!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=EqpH...
Sound—at the Interregnum.
Glen Coulthard
Madeleine Thien
Canisia Lubrin
Immanuel Wilkins
Whew. What they did!!!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=EqpH...
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TODAY: @jidesalawu.bsky.social on Nigeria's power outage problem, which "did not start today, and its experience of endemic national outages is part of its history" flaminghydra.com/r/5250f9c0?m...
Rolling blackout
Jídé Salawu on politics and power (outages)
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October 30, 2025 at 4:09 AM
TODAY: @jidesalawu.bsky.social on Nigeria's power outage problem, which "did not start today, and its experience of endemic national outages is part of its history" flaminghydra.com/r/5250f9c0?m...
Thanks to @ualbertapress.bsky.social for hosting us. 🙏🏾✨
Very grateful, and felt deeply honored to be questioned by my teacher and a genius poet Marilyn Dumont.
October 30, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Thanks to @ualbertapress.bsky.social for hosting us. 🙏🏾✨
Very grateful, and felt deeply honored to be questioned by my teacher and a genius poet Marilyn Dumont.
October 30, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Very grateful, and felt deeply honored to be questioned by my teacher and a genius poet Marilyn Dumont.
I Got Tenure and Now I Can’t Seem to Form Simple Declarative Sentences www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-g...
I Got Tenure and Now I Can’t Seem to Form Simple Declarative Sentences
When I received the email, I was holding a piece of toast. Dry, no butter. I remember this vividly because it was the last thing in my life with a ...
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October 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I Got Tenure and Now I Can’t Seem to Form Simple Declarative Sentences www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-g...
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So many people are suffering. The king shits on them and destroys the house the slaves built.
October 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
So many people are suffering. The king shits on them and destroys the house the slaves built.
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Posters are up! Very much looking forward to this book party with @lornedaniel.bsky.social
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Dual Book Launch and Celebration
Help celebrate the launch of these two new books. It's going to be a fun night, with some VERY SPECIAL musical guests to follow
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October 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Posters are up! Very much looking forward to this book party with @lornedaniel.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com/e/dual-book-...
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Launch was great.✨ Thank you @newestpress.bsky.social @jenbdelisle.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Launch was great.✨ Thank you @newestpress.bsky.social @jenbdelisle.bsky.social
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Tomorrow night! I’m thrilled to be hosting the launch of @jidesalawu.bsky.social’s wonderful collection. I have a lot of questions lined up to ask him!
🚀 YOU ARE INVITED to the launch of CONTRABAND BODIES, the brand new collection from @jidesalawu.bsky.social!
When: Oct 16, 2025
Where: Doors at 6:30pm @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social (10702 Jasper Ave)
Snacks: Of course!
#NeWestPress #BookLaunch #ContrabandBodies #Fall2025 #ReadLocal #BuyCanadian
When: Oct 16, 2025
Where: Doors at 6:30pm @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social (10702 Jasper Ave)
Snacks: Of course!
#NeWestPress #BookLaunch #ContrabandBodies #Fall2025 #ReadLocal #BuyCanadian
October 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Tomorrow night! I’m thrilled to be hosting the launch of @jidesalawu.bsky.social’s wonderful collection. I have a lot of questions lined up to ask him!
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Have you registered? We are going to make some necessary sounds — together.
Join us.
In person or online.
October 30. Sound—at the Interregnum.
events.yorku.ca/events/the-a...
Join us.
In person or online.
October 30. Sound—at the Interregnum.
events.yorku.ca/events/the-a...
October 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Have you registered? We are going to make some necessary sounds — together.
Join us.
In person or online.
October 30. Sound—at the Interregnum.
events.yorku.ca/events/the-a...
Join us.
In person or online.
October 30. Sound—at the Interregnum.
events.yorku.ca/events/the-a...
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TODAY: No newsletter today in observation of Indigenous People's Day! Have a meaningful holiday and we'll be back tomorrow!
October 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
TODAY: No newsletter today in observation of Indigenous People's Day! Have a meaningful holiday and we'll be back tomorrow!
Now crowdfunding Bible Project to celebrate the president's son fortieth birthday. Jesus take the wheel😁
One who, like you, has been in the game for years, knows that this crowdfunding project requires strategy and calculation. You may have thought about the risks involved in improving the intellectual life of your country... Latest for @flaminghydra.com
flaminghydra.com/how-to-crowd...
flaminghydra.com/how-to-crowd...
How to Crowdfund a National Library Like a Queen
Though popularly perceived as the act of gathering support for someone in dire need, crowdfunding is a serious business. It is a discipline, in fact, requiring a well-conceived idea with written narra...
flaminghydra.com
October 12, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Now crowdfunding Bible Project to celebrate the president's son fortieth birthday. Jesus take the wheel😁
One who, like you, has been in the game for years, knows that this crowdfunding project requires strategy and calculation. You may have thought about the risks involved in improving the intellectual life of your country... Latest for @flaminghydra.com
flaminghydra.com/how-to-crowd...
flaminghydra.com/how-to-crowd...
How to Crowdfund a National Library Like a Queen
Though popularly perceived as the act of gathering support for someone in dire need, crowdfunding is a serious business. It is a discipline, in fact, requiring a well-conceived idea with written narra...
flaminghydra.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
One who, like you, has been in the game for years, knows that this crowdfunding project requires strategy and calculation. You may have thought about the risks involved in improving the intellectual life of your country... Latest for @flaminghydra.com
flaminghydra.com/how-to-crowd...
flaminghydra.com/how-to-crowd...
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TODAY: @jidesalawu.bsky.social on the queenly appraoch to crowdfunding for a national library. "A bragging point for the nobles in your court to say, 'Oh yes! Ten million to this!' Perhaps they will even compete with one another in their generosity." flaminghydra.com/how-to-crowd...
How to Crowdfund a National Library Like a Queen
Though popularly perceived as the act of gathering support for someone in dire need, crowdfunding is a serious business. It is a discipline, in fact, requiring a well-conceived idea with written narra...
flaminghydra.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:05 AM
TODAY: @jidesalawu.bsky.social on the queenly appraoch to crowdfunding for a national library. "A bragging point for the nobles in your court to say, 'Oh yes! Ten million to this!' Perhaps they will even compete with one another in their generosity." flaminghydra.com/how-to-crowd...