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About Black Coffee Poet

Black Coffee Poet is a mixed race poet, essayist, and journalist who focuses on Social Justice, Indigenous Rights, STOPPING Violence Against Women, Film, and Literature.

INTERVIEW WITH TORONTO RAPPER SPORADIC “THE DARK POET”

Sporadic defines himself as more than an MC, boasting a musical background that started at the age of 8. In 1999, he enrolled in the Humber College Jazz program where he studied jazz music. The program would broaden his musical … Continue reading

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WALKING THE LINE

WALKING THE LINE By Sporadic “The Dark Poet” Reviewed By Jorge Antonio Vallejos Canadian Hip Hop has a bad rap! (pun intended.)  How many Canadian artists get no airplay and no respect?  The list is too long for this review.  … Continue reading

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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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PAGAN POET CHRIS MOORE READS HIS POETRY

I met Chris Moore at my local coffee shop this past winter. We’d say, “Hi”, sit by one another, and then do our own thing: I’d write, he’d meditate. One day we started talking politics, which led to him asking … Continue reading

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INTERVIEW WITH PAGAN POET CHRIS MOORE

Chris Moore first became a Priest of what he refers to as the “Old Religion” when he was initiated as a British Tradition Witch in the ninth month of 1999.  Already at that point, a proficient Rune worker, it was … Continue reading

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THE BOOK OF CELTIC VERSE: A TREASURY OF POETRY, DREAMS, AND VISIONS EDITED BY JOHN MATTHEWS

The Book of Celtic Verse Edited by John Matthews Reviewed by Jorge Antonio Vallejos It was a hell of a time finding an anthology of Pagan poetry for this weeks review.  I contacted three publishers, one author, looked for books … Continue reading

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ANISHINAABE SPOKEN WORD POET LENA RECOLLET SINGS HER POETRY

Lena Recollet is an Anishinaabe, fulltime multidisciplinary, artist born in Toronto and raised on the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve. A member of the Red Slam Collective, Recollet has been on tour sharing her poetry with many ears across different provinces.  … Continue reading

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INTERVIEW WITH MOHAWK POET JANET MARIE ROGERS

Janet Marie Rogers is a spoken-word poet from Six Nations Territory in Ontario, Canada who started writing in 1996. Her literary passions are Native heritage, feminism, historical territories, human love, sexuality and spirit. Rogers hosts Victoria, BC’s only Native radio … Continue reading

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