Olatunde Osinaike is a poet based in Atlanta, GA. In his debut full-length poetry collection, Tender Headed, Olatunde explores Black masculinity, both celebrating and interrogating it in his sonically virtuosic poems. We talked about his approach to poetry, what poetic lineage means to him, and the silences inherent in patriarchy. Then for the second segment, we talked about departure albums and André 3000’s New Blue Sun.

(Recorded January 20, 2024.)

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Show Notes:

• Olatunde Osinaike
• Purchase Tender Headed: 44th and 3rd Booksellers (Atlanta, GA) | The Book Catapult (San Diego, CA) | Akashic Books (publisher)
• Olatunde Osinaike - Upcoming Events
• Bonus Reading for Patreon Subscribers: Olatunde Osinaike reads “Being Human Takes a Lot of Nerve”
• Etheridge Knight - “The Sun Came”
• Gwendolyn Brooks - “truth”
• Paul M. Angle - “We Asked Gwendolyn Brooks about the Creative Environment in Illinois”
• André 3000 - New Blue Sun
• American Fiction
• They Cloned Tyrone
• Tristan Harris
• Knives Out

Transcript Episode Credits

• Editing/Mixing: Mike Sakasegawa
• Music: Podington Bear
• Transcription: Shea Aguinaldo