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CELEBRATING ONE YEAR OF BLACKCOFFEEPOET.COM!!!!!!!! A PATH TO FREEDOM, A KEY TO REAL BEING: A DIALOGUE BETWEEN LEE MARACLE AND RUBELISE DA CUNHA

A PATH TO FREEDOM, A KEY TO REAL BEING: THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF POETRY AND PUBLIC READING Lee Maracle and Rubelise da Cunha Originally published in OPEN LETTER Fall 2008 Dear Lee, Since you said you have very strong and … Continue reading

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CELEBRATING 1 YEAR OF BLACKCOFFEEPOET.COM!!! VIDEO INTERVIEW WTIH LEE MARACLE + A REVIEW OF “BENT BOX”

Bent Box by Lee Maracle Reviewed by Jorge Antonio Vallejos This is a celebration!  It’s been one year now that blackcoffeepoet.com has been online.  Who better to celebrate with than one of my mentors, my writing mom—Lee Maracle. “Writing is … Continue reading

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BLACK COFFEE POET READS “SATURDAYS” BY ANA CASTILLO

This week I’ve been writing a series called Stepping Out From Behind The Wall: 1 and 2 where I explored male privilege and it’s connection to violence against women, as well as supporting a someone in an abusive relationship. Ana … Continue reading

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STEPPING OUT FROM BEHIND THE WALL 2: SUPPORTING SOMEONE WHO IS IN AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP

Tracy Chapman’s song Behind the Wall was the metaphor I used in Stepping Out From Behind The Wall: Acknowledging Male Privilege and It’s Connection to Violence Against Women.  Chapman sings of hearing a female neighbour being assaulted by their male … Continue reading

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

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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JACLYN PIUDIK READS HER POETRY

Author of the chapbook The Tao of Loathliness, Jaclyn Piudik has been published widely. It was a pleasure interviewing her, hanging out with her, and watching her read. Enjoy. Tune into BlackCoffeePoet.com Monday September 5 , 2011 for a review of … Continue reading

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INTERVIEW WITH JACLYN PIUDIK

Jaclyn’s poems have been published in Columbia Poetry Review, Crosscurrents, Barrow Street, The New Quarterly, Garden Variety Anthology,and Crave It, among others. She authored a chapbook, The Tao of Loathliness, published by fooliar press in 2005 and re-issued in 2008. … Continue reading

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THE TAO OF LOATHLINESS

The Tao of Loathliness By Jaclyn Piudik Reviewed by Jorge Antonio Vallejos Chapbooks don’t get enough attention.  Only independent bookstores want to sell them, and sadly, such bookstores are disappearing faster than I can finish this sentence.  Poets do their … Continue reading

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SHE’S ON TOP: CELEBRATING EROTIC WRITING: COCO LA CREME READS FROM “SHE’S ON TOP”

She’s On Top: Celebrating Erotic Writing has been a great week!   Collaborating with CoCo La Creme and her very willing bottom was one of the best ideas I’ve had.  CoCo and bottom were energetic, excited, honest, open, and wiling … Continue reading

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SHE’S ON TOP: CELEBRATING EROTIC WRITING: INTERVIEW WITH RACHEL KRAMER BUSSEL + PHOTO ESSAY OF COCO LA CREME PLAYING TOP TO A VERY WILLING BOTTOM

Rachel Kramer Bussel is the editor of the book She’s On Top as well as over 25 other erotic anthologies including Spanked, Bottoms Up and The Mile High Club.  Rachel also writes the bi-monthly sex column The Lusty Lady for … Continue reading

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