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REMEMBERING REENA VIRK: PROSE AND REFLECTIONS BY GITANJALI LENA
This week we’ve been remembering Reena Virk on blackcoffeepoet.com. Monday saw the 14 year anniversary of her murder. Reena was 14 and killed 14 years ago on November 14, 1997: 14, 14, 14. We had a very educational video roundtable and … Continue reading
REMEMBERING REENA VIRK: INTERVIEW WITH DR. MYTHILI RAJIVA, CO-EDITOR OF “REENA VIRK: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON A CANADIAN MURDER”
Mythili Rajiva is associate professor of Sociology at Saint Mary’s University (Halifax, Nova Scotia). Her research focuses on girlhood, the Canadian South Asian diaspora, and racialized identities. Her work has appeared in such journals as The Canadian Review of Sociology, … Continue reading
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REMEMBERING REENA VIRK: VIDEO ROUNTABLE + REVIEW OF “REENA VIRK: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON A CANADIAN MURDER”
Reena Virk: Critical Perspectives on a Canadian Murder Edited by Mythili Rajiva and Sheila Batacharya Reviewed by Jorge Antonio Vallejos One Brown girl. Two killers with white privilege. Seven attackers. Twenty onlookers. This is the Reena Virk case. November 14, … Continue reading
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Tagged "Hootchies and ladies: Race, "Putting on Reena Virk: Celebrity, "Reckless eyeballing: Being Reena in Canada" by Tess Chakkalakal, "Reena Virk: Critical Perspectives on a Canadian Murder", "The Killing Season? Interrogating Adolescence In The Murder of Reena Virk" by Mythili Rajiva, "Under Whose Bridge? Race, and “girl violence” in a colonial white settler society" by Sheila Batacharya, and gender in Rebecca Godfrey’s book Under The Bridge" by Tara Atluri, and identity" by Michele Byers, authorship, Black Coffee Poet, class, gender, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoOrIiupjGM, Jorge Antonio Vallejos, Michelle Byers, Mythili Rajiva, Rebecca Godfrey, Reena Virk, Remembering Reena Virk on blackcoffeepoet.com, Remembering Reena Virk Video Roundtbale, Remembering Reena Virl, sexuality, Sheila Batacharya, Tara Atluri, Tess Chakkalakal
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MOHWAK POET JANET MARIE ROGERS READS FROM HER NEW BOOK “UNEARTHED”
Janet Marie Rogers is a sweetheart! I remembering reviewing her CD Firewater last year, and interviewing her, as great experiences. Meeting her for the taping below were even greater! Reading her book Unearthed blew me away. Janet is chill, … Continue reading
INTERVIEW WITH MOHAWK POET JANET MARIE ROGERS
Janet Marie Rogers is a Mohawk/Tuscarora writer from the Six Nations band in southern Ontario. She was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, and has been living on the traditional lands of the Coast Salish people (Victoria, British Columbia) since 1994. … Continue reading
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Tagged "Glass Teepee" by Garry Gottfriedson, "Skin LIke Mine" by Garry Gottfriedson, "Unearthed" by Janet Marie Rogers, "Whisky Bullets" by Garry Gottfriedson, Black Coffee Poet, E. Pauline Johnson, Garry Gottfriedson, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Interview With Janet Marie Rogers, Janet Marie Rogers
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UNEARTHED
Unearthed By Janet Marie Rogers Reviewed by Jorge Antonio Vallejos Amazing! If I could get away with a one-word review the above would be it. But let’s go a little deeper. My first introduction to Roger’s work was last year … Continue reading
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Tagged "Easy Time" by Janet Marie Rogers, "Firewater" by Janet Marie Rogers, "Free To Love" by Janet Marie Rogers, "Many Things Greater" by Janet Marie Rogers, "Unearthed" by Janet Marie Rogers, "What The Carver Knows" by Janet Marie Rogers, Black Coffee Poet, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Janet Marie Rogers, Jorge Antonio Vallejos, Mohwak poet Janet Marie Rogers
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D’BI.YOUNG ANITAFRIKA TALKS + PERFORMS THE SANKOFA TRILOGY
Interviewing d’bi.young anitafrika was an amazing experience. We’d met before at a workshop I did with her at International Women’s Day 2008. I remember being impressed with how she conducted the group and with her performance at the end … Continue reading
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CHATTING UP UNIVERSITY CLASSES
Chatting Up University Classes By Jorge Antonio Vallejos I’ve got another speaking gig in 3 hours. It’s my second speaking gig in two days. Tonight is the Black Feminist Theory course at OISE (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education) at … Continue reading
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THE BROWN FACE
The Brown Face By Jorge Antonio Vallejos I’ve got Scandalous by Psycho Realm playing as I write. It’s a Brown thing. Brown Pride more like it. That’s what this is about. It’s also a fitting song since I’ve been referred … Continue reading
SHENIZ JANMOHAMED READS HER POETRY
Meeting Sheniz Janmohamed was amazing! Janmohamed is funny, smart, and very well read. Her interview has been widely read and appreciated as has been her video ghazal poetry workshop, the first video workshop featured on blackcoffeepoet.com. Enjoy Sheniz Janmohamed read … Continue reading
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