This Is How We Disappear is at once an exploration of the physical and emotional disappearance of women and a celebration of the magic of shapeshifting as an act of survival too.

The poems sit in conversation with each other in a way that highlights how women survive and thrive in spite of the obstacles often stacked against them.

The collection is about our small and large acts of resistance, how we choose life, how we are the architects of our own joy even in the face of death.

Titilope Sonuga is an award-winning poet, writer, and performer who renders both in verse and in performance, a remarkable elegance of craft, a quality of rootedness, and an unflinching womanhood that has made her an internationally celebrated artistic voice. She has graced stages across Canada and the globe and is the first poet to perform at a Nigerian presidential inauguration, performing an inaugural poem in May 2015.

She was a speaker at TedxEdmonton in 2014 and served as the 2015 - 2016 ambassador for Intel Corporation's She Will Connect Program in Nigeria, advocating for women and girls in the STEM fields. She has published two collections of poetry, a spoken word album, and had her work translated into Italian, German, and Slovak. Her next collection, This Is How We Disappear, is forthcoming in 2019.

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