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SUBSCRIBE TO THE BLACK COFFEE POET BLOG AND YOUTUBE CHANNEL!!!
Wednesday March 20, 2013 Dear Readers, Do you know that you can subscribe to blackcoffeepoet.com for FREE? Do you know that I have a YOUTUBE Channel that is a companion to blackcoffeepoet.com? You can subscribe to my blog by clicking … Continue reading
SUBMIT A LETTER OR OPINION EDITORIAL TO BCP
Monday March 18, 2013 Dear Readers, Do you have something to say about activism, academia, blackcoffeepoet.com, current events, literature, life, or politics? Is there something on your mind that mainstream media is not covering? Have you written something that has … Continue reading
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Tagged Aboriginal politics, Book culture, Decolonization, Disability Politics, Feminism of Colour, Indigenous Feminsim, Letters to Editor, LGBTQ LIfe, Opinion Editorials, Queer Life, racism, sex work, Submit a letter to the editor, Submit an Opinion Editorial, Third Wave Feminism, Trans Feminism, Transgender Rights, Women of Colour Feminism
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VLOG: IT’S ABOUT COMMUNITY, NOT COMPETITION #2
This VLOG (video blog) is the 2nd instalment, and continuation, of a written and video series called It’s About Community, Not Competition. I recently got help from fellow poet and friend Whitney French with a poem I had commissioned. See … Continue reading
IT’S ABOUT COMMUNITY, NOT COMPETITION #2
It’s About Community, Not Competition Part 2 By Jorge Antonio Vallejos For the last week and a half I’ve been writing about a poem that I had commissioned by a group of student lawyers from University of Toronto and York … Continue reading
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Tagged Aboriginal Literature, Aboriginal writers, Collaboration, Community, Daniel Heath Justice, Lee Maracle, Marilyn Dumont, Maureen Hynes, Mentoring, Native American writers, poetry, Simon Ortiz, Whitney French, Working Together, writing, writing groups, Writing mentors
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POINTS TO PONDER WHEN COMMISSIONED TO WRITE A POEM
Points To Ponder When Commissioned To Write A Poem By Jorge Antonio Vallejos In my last VLOG (video blog) When Commissioned To Write A Poem… I talked about things I have learned via writing a poem commissioned for the upcoming SPINLAW … Continue reading
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Tagged Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Commissioned Poem, Human Rights, Klu Klux Klan, Lefty Lawyers, Pondering Poetry, Rebellion Poetry, Rebellion Prose, Resistance Poetry, Resistance Prose, SPINLAW, Thinking about writing, Writing a commissioned poem, Writing and responsibility
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VLOG: WHEN COMMISSIONED TO WRITE A POEM…
It has been an amazing week of writing and re-writing and reading out loud. Today is my deadline for the poem that has been commissioned. The poem is resting before I do my last few re-reads. A poet friend of … Continue reading
WORKING ON MY FIRST COMMISSIONED POEM (PART #2)
Wednesday March 6 2013, Dear Readers, I’m in writing mode. This is how it’s going: “How’s it going?” said Jo, a fellow regular at the coffee shop I do my work at. Jo was talking about the poem I’m working … Continue reading
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WORKING ON MY FIRST COMMISSIONED POEM
Monday March 4, 2013 Dear Readers, I’m happy to say that I’m working on a poem this week. My first commissioned poem! The poem has been commissioned by student lawyers from University of Toronto Faculty of Law and Osgoode Hall … Continue reading
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MALIKAH AWE:RI AND ROGER LANGEN READ THEIR POEMS FROM RESISTANCE POETRY #2
Meeting Malikah Awe:ri to tape her reading from Resistance Poetry #2 was great. I was a guest on her show with Dane Swan; we talked poems, read poems, and learned about poetry from each other. My interview with Malikah was … Continue reading
INTERVIEWS WITH RESISTANCE POETRY #2 CONTRIBUTOR MALIKAH AWE:RI AND EDITOR ROGER LANGEN
Mahlikah Awe:ri a drum talk poetic rapologist of African-Canadian/Mohawk (Kahnawá:ke) & Mi’kmaw (Bear River) heritage, with Nova Scotian roots, based in Toronto. Mahlikah is a founding member of Red Slam Collective a Hip Hop Fusion Band, of diverse indigenous artists … Continue reading
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Tagged Aboriginal poet, Edwidge Danticat, International Festival of Poetry of Resistance, Malikah Aweri, Missing and Murdered Aborinal Women in Canada, One Voice Radio, Rebellion Poetry, Rebellion Prose, Red Slam Collective, Resistance Poetry, Resistance Prose, Resistance writing, Roger Langen, The Best American Essays
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