Theresa Lola is a British Nigerian poet and artist. She has performed at Royal Albert Hall and ICA, has been commissioned by Rimowa and Selfridges, and designed programmes for Dulwich Picture Gallery and Hackney Museum. Her debut visual poetry exhibition was held at Bermondsey Project Space. She was appointed the 2019-2020 Young People’s Laureate for London. She is the author of two poetry collections. A poem from her debut book In Search of Equilibrium is in the UK’s GCSE syllabus. Her second collection Ceremony for the Nameless was praised in the Guardian as a book that “assures her place as a trailblazer for a new wave of poets.”
Website: https://www.theresalola.com/
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