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Category Archives: Poetry
ARAB POET ADAM ABBAS READS HIS POETRY
Reading Adam Abbas’ chapbook A State, A Statue, A Statute was challenging and fun. His interview was one of the best I’ve done. Enjoy Adam Abbas reading his poems. See the Black Coffee Poet YOUTUBE Channel for 101 videos of … Continue reading
INTERVIEW WITH 2008 USA NATIONAL POETRY SERIES WINNER ADRIAN MATEJKA
Adrian Matejka is the author of The Devil’s Garden (Alice James Books, 2003), Mixology (Penguin USA, 2009), and The Big Smoke(Penguin USA, forthcoming in 2013). His work has appeared or is forthcoming in American Poetry Review, Ploughshares, andPoetry among other journals and anthologies. You can find him at www.adrianmatejka.com or on Twitter: … Continue reading
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Tagged "Colloquialism" by Adrian Matejka, "Do The Right Thing" by Adrian Matejka, "Mixology" by Adrian Matejka, Adrian Matejka, Allison Hedge Coke, Black Coffee Poet, Black History Month 2012, Chuck D, Crab Orchard Review, Etheridge Knight, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Gaby Calvocoressi, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Kevin Neireiter, Lucile Clifton, Major Jackson, Makalani Bandele, Miles Davis, National Poetry Series, National Poetry Series Winner, Penguin Books, Public Enemy, Quraysh Ali Lansana, RUN DMC, Sean Singer, Sherwin Bitsui, Spike Lee, Terrance Hayes, Yusek Komunyaka
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MIXOLOGY
Mixology By Adrian Matejka Reviewed by Jorge Antonio Vallejos I remember hearing the compliment of compliments in terms of writing a couple of years ago. It was about Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk. A writer (whose name I can’t remember) … Continue reading
HONOURING AND REMEMBERING INDIGENOUS WOMEN: POETRY BY JANET MARIE ROGERS, JAMAIAS DACOSTA, AND DALLAS GOLDTOOTH
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. Dallas … Continue reading
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Tagged 1491s, Aboriginal poetry, Black Coffee Poet, Dallas Goldtooth of the 1491s, Honouring and Remembering Indigenous Women, Honouring and Remembering Indigenous Women Week 2012, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Indigenous Waves Radio, Jamaias DaCosta, Janet Marie Rogers, Missign and Murdered Aboriginal Women in Canada, Missing and Murdered Native Women in Canada, Mixed Race poetry, Mohawk Poet Janet Marie Rogers, Native poetry
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HONOURING AND REMEMBERING INDIGENOUS WOMEN: INTERVIEW WITH WANDA WHITEBIRD + REVIEW OF “FIREWEED # 22: NATIVE WOMEN”
FIREWEED #22: Native Women Edited by: Ivy Chaske Connie Fife Jan Champagne Edna King Midnight Sun Reviewed by Susan Blight Traditionally in Ojibwe culture, as in many Indigenous North American cultures, women’s voices were valorized and their contribution to society … Continue reading
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Tagged "Fireweed #22: Native Women", "Fireweed: A Feminist Quarterly", "Government Boarding School, "Interview with the Social Worker" by Chrystos, Bernice B Levchuk, Black Coffee Poet, Black Coffee Poet talks with Wanda Whitebird, Carlisle, Chrystos, Connie Fife, Edna King, Honouring and Remembering Indigenous Women 2012, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Ivy Chase, Jan Champagne, Midnight Sun, Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women in Canada, No More Silence February 14th Rally, Pennsylvania" by Bernice B. Levchuk, Stop Violence Against Aboriginal Women, STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, Susan Blight, Wanda Whitebird, Winnona LaDuke
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3 CITY POET WHITNEY FRENCH READS HER POETRY
Whitney French is always a pleasure to hang with. When meeting to talk about featuring Whitney we chatted for two hours that were filled with lots of laughter. Equally fun was taping Whitney for this weeks video. As we stood on … Continue reading
THREE CITIES
Three Cities By Whitney French Reviewed By Jorge Antonio Vallejos Have you heard the myth about writers starting to self publish because they’re not good enough to be published by publishing houses? Well, Whitney French, budding poet, and hardworking literature … Continue reading
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Tagged "Black in Bradford" by Whitney French, "so you're walking through chinatown" by Whitney French, "Three Cities" by Whitney French, "tre" by Whitney French, Black Coffee Poet, Bradford, Bukowski, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Jorge Antonio, Law and Order, Motreal, Quebec, Toronto, Whitney French
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