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Tag Archives: Black Coffee Poet
KARIN LOWACHEE READS FROM “THE GASLIGHT DOGS”
Karin Lowachee is one of the few writers of colour and women of colour in the fantasy lit world. A multiple award winner, Lowachee was postively reviewed in The New York Times. Her new novel The Gaslight Dogs … Continue reading
INTERVIEW WITH FANTASY WRITER KARIN LOWACHEE
Karin Lowachee was born in South America, grew up in Canada, and worked in the Arctic. Her first novel WARCHILD won the 2001 Warner Aspect First Novel Contest. Both WARCHILD (2002) and her third novel CAGEBIRD (2005) were finalists for … Continue reading
THE GASLIGHT DOGS
The Gaslight Dogs By Karin Lowachee Reviewed by Briana Stone Before reading The Gaslight Dogs I thought the story to be of shape shifting. However after reading it, I realized the story went beyond shape shifting and even more complex … Continue reading
TARA MICHELLE ZINIUK READS HER POETRY
I first met Tara-Michelle Ziniuk at an event at Buddies In Bad Times theatre last year. We both read alongside the ever awesome Eli Clare. That was one of the biggest moments for me as a poet. Reading alongside … Continue reading
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SOMEWHERE TO RUN FROM
Somewhere To Run From By Tara-Michelle Ziniuk Reviewed by Jorge Antonio Vallejos I first heard Tara-Michelle Ziniuk read at a Toronto Women’s Bookstore event five years ago. She stood confidently in front of the small crowd and read poems about … Continue reading
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Tagged "December 6 (Dufferin Station)" by Tara-Michelle Ziniuk, "Distractions", "Emergency Contact" by Tara-Michelle Ziniuk, "Poem for Palestine" by Tara-Michelle Ziniuk, "Somewhere To Run From" by Tara-Michelle Ziniuk, Black Coffee Poet, Buddies In Bad Times Theatre, Canadian Federation of Students, Eii Clare, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Janet Romero, Jorge Antonio Vallejos, OCAP, Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, Tara-Michel
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BLACK COFFEE POET ON VACATION
Dear Readers, Black Coffee Poet is taking the week of May 16 to 21, 2011, off. Tune in next week for a review of Tara Michelle Ziniuk’s book Somewhere to Run From (Monday), an interview with Ziniuk (Wednesday), and a fun … Continue reading
MAY LUI READS HER POEM IN FIREWEED #75: THE MIXED RACE ISSUE
Hanging with May Lui to tape her reading her poem in FIREWEED #75: The Mixed Race Issue was a pleasure. We’ve known each other by face for years via Toronto Women’s Bookstore and other activist and reading events but we … Continue reading
INTERVIEW WITH FIREWEED #75: THE MIXED RACE ISSUE CO-EDITOR MAY LUI
May Lui is a Toronto-based writer who is mixed-race, anti-racist, feminist and an all-around troublemaker. She blogs at maysie.ca, ranting and raving at any and all injustices and uses the f-bomb regularly. She’s been published in the Toronto Star, Fireweed … Continue reading
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Tagged "FIREWEED #75: The Mixed Race Issue", "Miscegenation Blues", "Siren Magazine", "Sister Vision Press", "With A Rough Tongue: Femmes Write Porn", Black Coffee Poet, Dionne Brand, Elizabeth Ruth, Farzana Doctor, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Lisa Amin, May Lui, mixed race identity, Mixed Race Women, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, Toronto Star, Toronto Women's Bookstore, Wayson Choy
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FIREWEED #75: THE MIXED RACE ISSUE
FIREWEED #75: The Mixed Race Issue Edited by Lisa Amin Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha May Lui Reviewed by Jorge Antonio Vallejos Being mixed race always has its challenges: isolation, language barriers, not fitting in, not being ‘enough’, and the many forms … Continue reading
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Tagged "FIREWEED #75: The Mixed Race Issue", Anne-Marie Estrada, Billie Rain, Black Coffee Poet, FIREWEED, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Jesse Heart, Jorge Antonio Vallejos, Karleen Pendleton Jimenez, Kim Trusty, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Lisa Amin, Lisa Weiner-Mahfuz, May Lui
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BLACK COFFEE POET READS AT MAYDAY POETRY MARATHON 2011
I had the honour of reading at the MAYWORKS Poetry Marathon in Toronto May 1, 2011. I shared the stage with many great poets, including two of my favorites: Tara Michelle Ziniuk and Zoe Whittal. The poem I read, … Continue reading
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