Tag Archives: Daniel Heath Justice

IT’S ABOUT COMMUNITY, NOT COMPETITION #2

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Black Coffee Poet

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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DECLARING AND TAKING BACK THE POWER OF WORDS: NOTES FROM A TALK BY DANIEL HEATH JUSTICE

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Black Coffee Poet

Declaring and Taking Back the Power of Words: Notes From a Talk by Daniel Heath Justice By Jorge Antonio Vallejos Photo by Jorge Antonio Vallejos This past October I attended the 5th Indigenous Writers Gathering at First Nations House University … Continue reading →

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TWO-SPIRIT WEEK 2012: REVIEW OF “SOVEREIGN EROTICS: A COLLECTION OF TWO-SPIRIT LITERATURE”

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Black Coffee Poet

Sovereign Erotics: A Collection of Two-Spirit Literature Edited by Qwo-Li Driskill Daniel Heath Justice Deborah Miranda Lisa Tatonetti Reviewed by Mykelle Pacquing I was excited to hear that a new collection of Two-Spirit literature was going to be published after I … Continue reading →

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BLEEDING LIGHT

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Black Coffee Poet

Bleeding Light By Sheniz Janmohamed Reviewed by Jorge Antonio Vallejos Bleeding Light starts off with a cry.  A beautiful cry.  One that I welcomed.  One that I felt.  One that set the tone for the entire collection.  One that I … Continue reading →

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STEPPING OUT FROM BEHIND THE WALL: ACKNOWLEDGING MALE PRIVILEGE AND ITS CONNECTION TO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Black Coffee Poet

WARNING: 1st paragraph has violent depictions of real life events. Tracy Chapman is mostly known for her classic song Fast Car.  It’s her song Behind the Wall that makes me think of incidents at Canadian universities in the last few … Continue reading →

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CELEBRATING QUEER INDIGENOUS VOICES WEEK: INTERVIEW WITH DANIEL HEATH JUSTICE + YELLOW MEDICINE REVIEW FALL 2010

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Black Coffee Poet

Yellow Medicine Review Fall 2010 The Ancestors We Are Looking For We Have Become: International Queer Indigenous Voices Edited By Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhran Reviewed By Jorge Antonio Vallejos Near the end of my video interview with Daniel Heath Justice for … Continue reading →

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