Monthly Archives: November 2010

QUEER LATINA POET JANET ROMERO READS HER POETRY

I first met Janet Romero at Toronto Women’s Bookstore five years ago.  After becoming a regular (I was there three times a week, or more) we chatted a lot eventually leading to Janet and the staff knowing what new arrivals … Continue reading

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INTERVIEW WITH QUEER LATINA POET JANET ROMERO

Janet Romero-Leiva is a queer feminist latina visual artist and writer whose explores immigrant displacement, denied aboriginality, queer and of colour existence, living and loving in dos lenguas, and the continuous intersection of identities that shape who she is and how … Continue reading

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MY FATHER WAS A TOLTEC

My Father Was A Toltec By Ana Castillo Reviewed by Jorge Antonio Vallejos 1988 was a great year for poetry and poets of colour.  Not Vanishing by Chrystos, my favorite book of poetry, was published in 1988; Audre Lorde had … Continue reading

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