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RESISTANCE POETRY #2
Resistance Poetry 2: International Festival of Poetry of Resistance, Anthology 2012, Toronto Edited by Roger Langen Reviewed Jorge Antonio Vallejos It’s not always that I read a book with a smile. Do you know that feeling? There’s a smile on … Continue reading
VLOG: FREE YOUR INNER WRITER
In my last post I wrote about an exercise called Free Writing that I learned from Natalie Goldberg’s monumental book Writing Down The Bones. Many of you enjoyed the post and some of you have SHARED it. Thanks. This VLOG … Continue reading
FREE WRITING
Free Writing By Jorge Antonio Vallejos Photo: Ojibwe poet Joanna Shawana free writing at the park A lot of my writing happens in coffee shops. I try to choose independent coffee shops but if I can’t get to one I … Continue reading
NATIVE WOMEN AND TWO-SPIRITS SPEAK OUT AGAINST VIOLENCE!!!
This week on blackcoffeepoet.com we brought attention to the Epidemic of Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women in Canada via an Opinion Editorial by Anishinaabe Kwe Christine Luza, a Letter by Cindy Bourgeois to her Transgender sisters asking them to care … Continue reading
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Tagged Canadas Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, First Nations Women, Helen Betty Osborne, Indigenous Feminism, Marilyn Dumont, Metis poet, Native Women Speak Out Against Violence, post colonial literature, Rebellion Poetry, Rebellion Prose, Resistance Poetry, Resistance Prose, Revoluntionary Prose, Revolutionary Poems, Two Spirit Poet, Violence Against Women
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INTERVIEW WITH NOAMI SAYERS: ANISHINAABE ACADEMIC, ACTIVIST, BLOGGER, AND FORMER SEX WORKER + PHOTO ESSAY OF “NO MORE SILENCE” RALLY TORONTO 2013
Naomi Sayers is an Indigenous Feminist from the Garden River First Nations, just east of Sault Ste Marie ON. Currently, she is in her third year of studies at Western University for the honors specialization in criminology program with a … Continue reading
LET US BE HUMAN: A TRANS WOMAN CALLS ON HER SISTERS TO ACT IN SUPPORT OF MISSING AND MURDERED ABORIGINAL WOMEN
Let Us Be Human: A Trans Woman Calls On Her Sisters To Act In Support Of Missing And Murdered Aboriginal Women By Cindy Bourgeois Wednesday February 13, 2013 My Dear Sisters, I am writing you today in solidarity with Missing … Continue reading
OP ED: ANTI VIOLENCE AGAINST INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND RESURGENCE
Anti-Violence Against Indigenous Women and Resurgence By Christine Luza On February 14th, Anishinaabe voices will be heard clearly and loudly across Canada. When most would be settling down for a special evening with their beloveds, Indigenous women, men, Elders and allies will … Continue reading
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Tagged Anishinaabe Kwe, Anishinaabe Nation, Cherokee Feminist Andrea Smith, February 14 vigil for Native Women, Feminsim, First Nations Women, Idle No More, Indigenous Feminism, Jessica Yee, Leanne Simpson, Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women in Canada, Violence Against Aboriginal Women, Violence Against Women
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DID YOU KNOW THERE ARE 800+ MISSING AND MURDERED ABORIGINAL WOMEN IN CANADA?
Canada is seen as a safe haven for many peoples. When Canada is talked of it is described as a melting pot and as the most diverse place on earth. Often, it is made to sound like a utopia. It … Continue reading
INTERVIEW WITH DANE SWAN
Dane Swan was born and raised in Bermuda to a Bermudian father and Jamaican mother. Visiting family involved trips to small villages in Jamaica and big cities like New York. The great story-tellers he heard in these communities were his … Continue reading
BENDING THE CONTINUUM
Bending The Continuum By Dane Swan Reviewed by Jorge Antonio Vallejos Meeting Dane Swan before absorbing his book gave me an idea of what I was going to be reading: well written poems that didn’t pull punches. The Pugilist is … Continue reading
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Tagged "Bending The Continuum" by Dane Swan, Anti Colonial Literature, Black History Month, Black History Poems, Black poetry, Canadian Racism, Dane Swan, decolonization literature, First Nations People, Guernica publisher, Idle No More, Political poetry, post colonial literature, Rebellion Poetry, Rebellion Prose, Resistance Poetry, Resistance Prose, Toronto poet
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