Ife O. Olatona

Ife O. Olatona is a Johns Hopkins alum and multidisciplinary writer. In 2021, he was spotlighted by The Times in an article titled “Young Hearts: 5 Poets Under 25.” He has performed poems on various stages, and his writing has been published by The New York Times, The Poetry Society, The Massachusetts Review, The Chicago Review of Books, Michigan Quarterly Review, Transition Magazine, and elsewhere. An alum of the Black Playwrights’ Gathering at the Kennedy Center—America’s national cultural center—he previously curated a contemporary African poetry exhibit at the National Museum of Language in the U.S. Born in Lagos, he has lived in multiple cities across Nigeria and the United States. He is working on a novel. Instagram: @ife.olatona