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FIREWATER
Firewater By Janet Rogers Reviewed by Jorge Antonio Vallejos Have you heard of the term “taking back”? It often refers to words and phrases that were once used as weapons against different peoples and that have now been adopted by … Continue reading
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Tagged "Addictions", "Distractions", anthropolgy and racism, Black Coffee Poet, drunken Indian, Firewater, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Janet Rogers, Jorge Antonio Vallejos, Native American Music Award in Spoken Word 2010, Native Spirituality, Native Spoken Word, Swil Kanim, Turtle Island
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“BROKEN ARROW” CONTRIBUTORS JAMES C. MILES AND ALBERT MOORE READ THEIR POETRY
James C. Miles is a poet of Mohawk, Chippewa and Finish descent. A crossword puzzle fanatic, Miles was born and raised in Toronto and is a “proud Broadlands Park boy”. Apart from writing poetry, Miles is a painter, leather … Continue reading
INTERVIEW WITH BROKEN ARROW CONTRIBUTORS TIM RENOLLET AND JAMES C. MILES AND EDITOR EMILY POHL-WEARY
Interview With Broken Arrow Contributors James C. Miles and Tim Renollet BCP: Why poetry? JM: That’s a good question. It has been years since I have sat down and put my feelings to pen. However, since my enrollment in the … Continue reading
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Tagged and Culture, Art, Black Coffee Poet, Broken Arrow, Broken Arrow: Native Men's Writing, Emily Pohl-Weary, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Interview with James C. Miles and Tim Renollet and Emily Pohl-Weary, Jorge Antonio Vallejos, Native Men's Residence, Sagatay, Sagatay Apaenmowineen program, Writing Group
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BROKEN ARROW: NATIVE MEN’S WRITING, ART, AND CULTURE
Broken Arrow: Native Men’s Writing, Art and Culture Edited by Emily Pohl-Weary Reviewed by Jorge Antonio Vallejos There’s a new zine out that’s kick ass: Broken Arrow. Its fifty-two pages are comprised of poems, plays, short stories, photos, and artwork; … Continue reading
WAEL QATTAN READS HIS POETRY
I met Wael earlier this year at a poetry reading at the Centre for Women and Trans People at University of Toronto. His poetry was striking! Images of the hell that Iraq was in the 90s came from Wael’s lips. … Continue reading
INTERVIEW WITH EHAB LOTAYEF
Ehab Lotayef was born in Cairo and moved to Montreal in 1989. He writes in English, classical Arabic and colloquial Egyptian Arabic. Besides writing poetry, he is also a photographer, Juno Award-nominated songwriter, and playwright. His play Crossing Gibraltar was … Continue reading
TO LOVE A PALESTINIAN WOMAN
To Love A Palestinian Woman By Ehab Lotayef Reviewed By Jorge Antonio Vallejos The looming wall separating freedom from captivity is the cover of Ehab Lotayef’s collection of poetry To Love a Palestinian Woman. Many talk of “the wall”, many … Continue reading
ZAINAB AMADAHY READS HER POETRY
I met Zainab in 2005 at an Indigenous solidarity meeting. We immediately connected. The past five years has seen us attend many political events together, engage in long conversations on the phone and over coffees while discussing mixed race identity, … Continue reading
JUST GIVE ME A COOL DRINK OF WATER ‘FORE I DIIIE
Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water ‘fore I Diiie By Maya Angelou Reviewed By Jorge Antonio Vallejos Titles usually give a sense of what a book is about. One of my mentor’s, Lee Maracle, has taught me to … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Black Community, Elle Magazine, Equity Studies, Gabourey Sidibe, Go Tell It To The Mountain, Harlem Hopscotch, heroine, homophobia, James Baldwin, Jorge Antonio Vallejos, Just Give Me A Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie, Lee Maracle, Letter To An Aspiring Junkie, Maya Angelou, My Guilt, No No No No, On Working White Liberals, Poems, poetry, Riot: 60s, Segregation, Sepia Fashion Show, Skin politics, Slavery, streets, The Calling of Names, The Thirteens, They Went Home, Vitenam War, Water, Women's Studies
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