Tope Ogundare, author of Will You Buy My Wares?, a collection of poetry Shortlisted for the 2023 ANA/KVML Poetry Prize, is a Nigerian who writes poetry, short stories, and essays. He is also the author of The Book of Pain (Sevhage Press, 2018). His works have appeared in Brittle Paper, Kalahari Review, Sentinel Literary Quarterly, Pilcrow and Dagger, Moonchild Magazine, TinyTim Literary Review, DASH, Intima, Snapdragon, The Aquila, Argot Magazine, Pangolin Review, Minute Magazine, Nailed Magazine, and elsewhere. His poems have also been featured in three poetry anthologies, the latest being Cities, edited by Paul Rowe. He shares his writing on topeogundare.wordpress.com and Medium (@topazo). twitter.com/thetopazo