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Tayo Oredein is a writer, model and actress from Jamaica, Queens. Tayo (pronounced Ty~yo, and which means "Joy" in Yoruba) received her BA from Wellesley College and returned to NYC after graduation. She later received graduate degrees from Hunter College, and Rutgers University.

While she's been reading (and writing) all of her life, she recently published His PhD is in Hypocrisy and Other Poems about My Crappy Ex-Boyfriend. It's a collection of poems that chronicles the ups and downs, differences and the dissolution of one of her key relationships. The assortment of poems talk about the love, frustration, and heartbreak, and the whole reflection culminated in an unexpected life lesson that surfaced on September 11, 2001.

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	His PhD is in Hypocrisy: And Other Poems about My Crappy Ex-Boyfriend 4.07 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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