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Author Archives: Black Coffee Poet
TOBACCO WARS
Tobacco Wars By Paul Seesequasis Reviewed by May Lui Tobacco Wars by Paul Seesequasis is a smart, fun, bawdy, sometimes gross, and thoroughly anti-colonial novella. In the opening scene, readers are greeted with a somewhat shocking image of Bear Woman … Continue reading
LEANNE SIMPSON READS FROM “DANCING ON OUR TURTLE’S BACK”
After months of back and forth emails I finally got to meet Leanne Simpson and video tape her for blackcoffeepoet.com. We met at a Toronto coffee shop. Our meet and greet was short, we got to work, and it was … Continue reading
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Tagged "Dancing On Our Turtle's Back" by Leanne Simpson, Aboriginal Academia, Aboriginal Studies, Alderville First Nation, Anti Colonial writing, Black Coffee Poet, Colonial Studies, feminism, First Nations Peoples, First Nations Sovereignty, First Nations Women, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Studies, Leanne Simpson, Nishnaabeg culture, Nishnaabeg Land, Nishnaabekwe, racism, Turtle Island
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INTERVIEW WITH NISHNAABEG ACADEMIC LEANNE SIMPSON
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson is a writer and scholar of Michi Saagiik Nishnaabeg ancestry and is a member of Alderville First Nation. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Manitoba, is an Adjunct Professor in Indigenous Studies at Trent University … Continue reading
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Tagged "Dancing On Our Turtle's Back" by Leanne Simpson, Aboriginal Academia, Aboriginal History Month 2012, Black Coffee Poet, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Interview with Leanne Simpson, Leanne Simpson, Native American Academia, Nishnaabeg culture, Nishnaabeg Land, Nishnaabeg teachings, Zainab Amadahy
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TAKING THE WEEK OFF
Monday May 28, 2012 Dear Readers, I’m taking my first week off of 2012 to 1. Plan for future months on blackcoffeepoet.com 2. Apply to a writing program 3. Write a real handwritten letter to my pen-pal/mentee in prison 4. … Continue reading
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ASSUMPTION IS THE MOTHER OF ALL FUCKUPS!!!
I recently had a beef with someone that was mainly based on an assumption. After tense emails we agreed to meet and talk. I found out that my main problem with them was based on me not doing … Continue reading
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Tagged "Assumption is the mother of all fuckups", "Under Seige", Assumptions, Black Coffee Poet, Community Accountability, Community Building, Conflict Resolution, Do Not Make Assumptions, Forgiveness, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Jorge Antonio Vallejos, Resolving Issues, Steven Segal, Talking Things Out, Talking Things Out: A Lesson In Conflict Resolution
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TAKING THE DAY OFF
May 21, 2012 Dear Readers, It’s a holiday in the land now known as Canada (where I live). I’m taking the day off to read, rest, and write. Peace, Black Coffee Poet
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THE HOMECOMING: A POEM ABOUT PRISON
It has been an interesting week. On Monday I wrote about my criminal past while thinking of the future of an acquaintance who has been charged with first degree murder; and I explored the prison industrial complex. A few people … Continue reading
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Tagged "The Homecoming: A Poem About Prison" by Jorge Antonio Vallejos, Arab poetry, Black Coffee Poet, boxer in prison, Colonialism, Coming Home, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Jorge Antonio Vallejos, Latino Poetry, Mixed Race poetry, Prison Industrial Complex, prison shanks, racism, True Crime, White Supremacy
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THE STORY BEHIND “THE HOMECOMING”, MY POEM ABOUT PRISON
The Story Behind The Homecoming, My Poem About Prison By Jorge Antonio Vallejos I saw Butch about a month ago on Bloor Street. He rode by on a bike as I was talking on a pay-phone. (Yes, pay-phones still exist and … Continue reading
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