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REMEMBERING THE WOMEN FORGOTTEN ON DECEMBER 6TH: SPOKEN WORD BY ANISHINAABE POET LENA RECOLLET + AN INCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH BENGALI POET SHAUNGA TAGORE
Interview with Shaunga Tagore Interview done by Janet Romero JR: Why and when did you start writing poetry? ST: At a very young age — probably when I started writing with chalk on my bathroom door, or adding my own … Continue reading
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Tagged "The Eraseable Woman" by Shaunga Tagore, Andrea Smith, Arundhati Roy, Audre Lorde, Beatrice Culleton Mosionir, Black Coffee Poet, Enakshi Du, Gloria Anzaldua, Himani Bannerji, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Interview with Shaunga Tagore, Janet Romero, Jhumpa Lahiri, Priscila Uppal, Remembering The Forgotten Women of December 6th, Shaunga Tagore, Shyam Selvadurai, Women of Colour, Womyn of Colour
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REMEMBERING THE WOMEN FORGOTTEN ON DECEMBER 6TH: ABORIGINAL, OF COLOUR, TRANS, QUEER, DISABLED, SEX WORKER
The Erasable Woman By Shaunga Tagore Reviewed by Janet Romero-Leiva (photo taken by Jorge Antonio Vallejos) I am inspired to write, create, read. To allow myself to feel…more, everything. This, after reading Shaunga Tagore’s The Erasable Woman. The Erasable Woman– … Continue reading
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Tagged "The Erasable Woman" by Shaunga Tagore, Black Coffee Poet, Black Coffee Poet interviews Deb Singh of Toronto Rape Crisis Centre, Deb Singh, December 6th, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Janet Romero, Remembering The Forgotten Women of December 6th, Shaunga Tagore, Toronto Rape Crisis Centre
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BLACK COFFEE POET READS “THE BULL PEN” AT THE LAUNCH OF DESCANT 150: WRITERS IN PRISON + AN INTERVIEW WITH DESCANT 150 EDITOR JASON PARADISO
2010 has been my biggest year as a writer. I was published in The Kenyon Review (Winter 2010) and Descant 150: Writers in Prison (Fall 2010). Descant asked me to read my essay The Bull Pen (published in Descant 150) … Continue reading
INTERVIEW WITH DESCANT 150: WRITERS IN PRISON EDITORS AND D150 LAUNCH PHOTO ESSAY
Black Coffee Poet is honoured to have been chosen as a contributor for the Descant 150: Writers in Prison issue. Below is a photo of BCP and Descant 150 editors Matt Carrington, Kathryn Franklin, BCP, Jason Paradiso, and Production Editor … Continue reading
DESCANT 150: WRITERS IN PRISON
Descant 150: Writers in Prison Edited by Kathryn Franklin, Matt Carrington, and Jason Paradiso Reviewed by Rain Keeper This issue of Descant magazine is all about writers in prison. It’s an important piece of work. The writers lament their sorrows, … Continue reading
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Tagged "Al Aqsa Intifada" by Concetta Principe, "Inside Guy: Who They Are" by Dorothy Field, "Prison Poets" by Paul Brown, Black Coffee Poet, Descant 150: Writers in Prison, Descant 150: Writers in Prison Edited by Kathryn Franklin, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Jason Paradiso, Kathryn Franklin, Matt Carrington, Rain Keeper
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BCP HONOURS INDIGENOUS SOVEREIGNTY WEEK 2010 WITH CREE POET CANDACE BRUNETTE READING HER POETRY
This is the last post on Black Coffee Poet dedicated to Indigenous Sovereignty Week 2010. We started by featuring Marilyn Dumont, a very strong female poet, who shared her wisdom via text and interview. We are now ending our week … Continue reading
BCP HONOURS INDIGENOUS SOVEREIGNTY WEEK 2010: INTERVIEW WITH CREE/METIS POET MARILYN DUMONT
Marilyn’s first collection, A Really Good Brown Girl, won the 1997 Gerald Lampert Memorial Award presented by the League of Canadian Poets. This collection is now in its twelfth printing, selections from it are widely anthologized in secondary and post-secondary literary … Continue reading
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Tagged "green girl dreams Mountains" by Marilyn Dumont, "not Dick and Jane" by Marilyn Dumont, "that tongued belonging" by Marilyn Dumont, A Really Good Brown Girl by Marilyn Dumont, Black Coffee Poet, Gabriel Dumont, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Indigenous Sovereignty Week 2010, Marilyn Dumont, Redbird Artist Gallery, Riel Resistance, www.jaybellredbird.com
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BCP HONOURS INDIGENOUS SOVEREIGNTY WEEK 2010 WITH GREEN GIRL DREAMS MOUNTAINS
green girl dreams Mountains By Marilyn Dumont Reviewed by Jorge Antonio Vallejos My friend Brian has said many a time, “You only have one mother!” He has his index finger pointed in the air as he leans in real close … Continue reading
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Tagged A Really Good Brown Girl by Marilyn Dumont, and Sin, Black Coffee Poet, Cigarettes, City View, Gerald Lampert Memorial Award, Green Girl Dreams Mountains, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Jorge Antonio Vallejos, lover, Marilyn Dumont, Mother. Ice Cream, Newspapers, Redbird Artist Gallery, Wayson Choy, www.jaybellredbird.com, Yellow Bird
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BCP HONOURS TRANS DAY OF REMEMBRANCE WITH TRANS POETS S. MCDONALD AND REVEREND CINDY BOURGEOIS READING THEIR POETRY
S. McDonald is one of Canada’s most talented poets. A true performer, McDonald knows how to work a crowd of people whether at the Rhubarb Festival or a park full of passersby. McDonald writes of life experiences straight from … Continue reading
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Tagged "Confesssions of an Empty Purse" by S. McDonald, Black Coffee Poet, Eli Clare reads his poetry, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Psalm to GOD about Trans life, Reverend Cindy Bourgeois, S. McDonald, Trans Christianity, Trans Day of Remembrance, trans poetry, Trans Psalm
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BCP HONOURS TRANS DAY OF REMEMBRANCE: INTERVIEW WITH TRANS POET S. MCDONALD
S. McDonald was born, raised, and continues to relentlessly live in Toronto. Ze grew up in pre-gentrification Cabbagetown and Regent Park. Ze is the love child of Christine Jorgensen & John Rechy & the spiritual godchild of Jacqueline Susann, and … Continue reading
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Tagged "Confessions of an Empty Purse", Anne Sexton, Audre Lorde, Black Coffee Poet, Canary Conn, Christine Jorgensen, Edmund White, Flannery O'Connor, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Interview with Eli Clare, Jacqueline Susann, Jan Morris, Jennifer Finney Boylen, John Rechy, Kate Bornstein, Leslie Feinberg, Margaret Atwood, Mario Martino, Matthew 19:12, Patrick Califia, poetry, Renee Richards, Reverend Cindy Bourgeois, S. Bear Bergman, S. McDonald, ThomasMerton, Trans Day of Remembrance, Trans Inclusion Group, trans poetry, Transmemoir, TWO SPIRITS, XTRA!
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