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CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2011: SAVOY “KAPOW” HOWE OF TORONTO NEWSGIRLS BOXING CLUB READS POEMS FROM “Vs.” BY KERRY RYAN
Kerry Ryan has written the (or one of the) first collection of poems focused on boxing: Vs. You feel like you’re in the gym with Ryan: throwing punches, getting hit, lifting the medicine ball. Ryan has a way with words … Continue reading
CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2011: PHOTO ESSAY OF TORONTO NEWSGIRLS BOXING CLUB + INTERVIEW WITH BOXER-POET KERRY RYAN
Kerry Ryan’s first collection of poetry, The Sleeping Life, was published by The Muses’ Company in 2008 and nominated for the Aqua Lansdowne Prize for Poetry in 2009. She has has poetry published in a number of journals, including Prairie Fire, The New … Continue reading
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Tagged "Vs." by Kerry Ryan, Anvil Press, Black Coffee Poet, Carousel, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, International Women's Day, International Women's Day 2011, Jorge Antonio Vallejos, Kerry Ryan, Photo Essay of Toronto News Girls Boxing Club, Prairie Fire, The New Quarterly, Toronto News Girls Boxing Club
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CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2011: INTERVIEW WITH SAVOY “KAPOW” HOWE AND A REVIEW OF “Vs.” BY KERRY RYAN
Vs. By Kerry Ryan Reviewed by Jorge Antonio Vallejos In her book On Boxing, famed American writer Joyce Carol Oates wrote, “boxing is for men, and is about men, and is men.” She was wrong! And Kerry Ryan’s autobiographical collection … Continue reading
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Tagged "Bloodline" by Kerry Ryan, "Friday Night Fights" by Kerry Ryan, "On Boxing" by Joyce Carol Oates, "The Hardest Lesson" by Kerry Ryan, "To hit and not be hit", "Vs." by Kerry Ryan, "When you're not training, A.J Leibling, Black Coffee Poet, Boxing, Friday Night Fights, Girlfight, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, International Women's Day, Jorge Antonio Vallejos, Joyce Carol Oates, Kerry Ryan, Savoy "Kapow" Howe, someone else is.", The Sweet Science, Toronto News Girls Boxing Club, Women's Boxing
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INTERVIEW WITH TORONTO POET JENNY SHEPPARD
Jenny Sheppard is a 23 year old poet/musician living and working in Toronto. Growing up near the ocean helped inspire her to write her first songs and poems. She spends her free time reading, writing in her journal and wandering … Continue reading
BOOK OF LONGING
Book of Longing By Leonard Cohen Reviewed by Jorge Antonio Vallejos We all long for something: community, conversation, sex, love, friendship, and many other things. Most people do not express what they long for. Artists tend to be the bold … Continue reading
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Tagged "Book of Longing", "I Miss My Mother" by Leonard Cohen, "My Mother Asleep" by Leonard Cohen, "My Mother Is Not Dead" by Leonard Cohen, "The Remote" by Leonard Cohen, "Who Do You Really Remember" by Leonard Cohen, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Jorge Antonio Vallejos, Leonard Cohen
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HONOURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2011: LILLIAN ALLEN PERFORMS DUB POETRY
Lillian Allen is a two-time Juno Award winner and the originator of Dub Poetry. Allen’s poetry challenges the mainstream, is entertaining, and very original. Enjoy her words.
HONOURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2011: INTERVIEW WITH LILLIAN ALLEN
Dub poet Lillian Allen continues to define the form and explore its leading innovative edge. She has performed her work in many major venues in North America taking poetry to larger and larger audiences. She has produced Juno award winning … Continue reading
HONOURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2011: PSYCHIC UNREST BY LILLIAN ALLEN + A TALK WITH BLACK FEMINIST ERICA NEEGAN
Psychic Unrest By Lillian Allen Reviewed by Jorge Antonio Vallejos All the great poets learned from those who came before them. Many young and aspiring poets have Walt Whitman sired. Willam Butler Yeats has influenced many. And Sylvia Plath is … Continue reading
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Tagged "Borderlands" by Gloria Anzaldua, "Dear Mr. President" by Chrystos, "Don't They Know" by Lillian Allen, "Psychic Unrest" by Lillian Allen, "The Poetry of Things" by Lillian Allen, 'STOP THE WAR ON WOMEN AND CHILDREN", Black Coffee Poet, Chrystos, Dub Poetry, Gloria Anzaldua, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Juno Award, Lillian Allen, O.J Simpson Trial, Oklahoma Bombing, South African Apartheid
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BREAKING THE SILENCE ABOUT CANADA’S 800+ MISSING AND MURDERED ABORIGINAL WOMEN: CREE POETS NICOLE TANGUAY AND DANA WESLEY SPEAK OUT
Nicole Tanguay is a Cree and French Two-Spirited Poet, Playwright, and Musician. She has been playing music from the age of nine, and has been writing poetry and plays for over twenty years. She has been published in a number … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Coffee Poet, Breaking the Silence About Canada's Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, Breaking the Silence About Canada's Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women: Cree Poets Nicole Tanguay and Dana Wesley Speak Out, Dana Wesley, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Nicole Tanguay
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BREAKING THE SILENCE ABOUT CANADA’S 800+ MISSING AND MURDERED ABORIGINAL WOMEN: INTERVIEW WITH CREE ACADEMIC AND ACTIVIST ROBYN BOURGEOIS + A PHOTO ESSAY OF THE “NO MORE SILENCE” RALLY FEB 14TH 2011 (TORONTO)
ALL Photos of the Rally Taken by Jorge Antonio Vallejos Feb. 14- 2011 Toronto Robyn Bourgeois (Lubicon Cree) is a Ph.D Candidate at OISE/University of Toronto. Her dissertation, “Pathways of Resistance: The Politics of Addressing Violence Against Aboriginal Women and Girls … Continue reading
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Tagged "Conspiracy of Silence" by Lisa Priest, "No More Silence" rally February 14th 2011 (Toronto), Beaking the Silence on Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women in Canada, Black Coffee Poet, Helen Betty Osborne, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Interview with Robyn Bourgeois, Lisa Priest, No More Silence, The Pas
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