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Tag Archives: Jorge Antonio Vallejos
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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WALKING THE LINE
WALKING THE LINE By Sporadic “The Dark Poet” Reviewed By Jorge Antonio Vallejos Canadian Hip Hop has a bad rap! (pun intended.) How many Canadian artists get no airplay and no respect? The list is too long for this review. … Continue reading
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Tagged "Crush" by Sporadic, "Foundation" by Sporadic, "Love Lost" by Sporadic, "Love Revisited" by Sporadic, "New York State of Mind" by NAS, "Triple Threat" by Sporadic, "Walking The Line", "Walking The Line" by Sporadic "The Dark Poet", Biggie, Black Coffee Poet, Canadian Hip Hop, Canadian Rap, Candee Bunn, Cassiuss Clay, Drake, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Jorge Antonio Vallejos, Maestro Fresh Wes, Marvin Gaye, Really Livin', Scarface, Shad, Snoop, Sporadic "The Dark Poet", The Rascals
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MY FATHER WAS A TOLTEC
My Father Was A Toltec By Ana Castillo Reviewed by Jorge Antonio Vallejos 1988 was a great year for poetry and poets of colour. Not Vanishing by Chrystos, my favorite book of poetry, was published in 1988; Audre Lorde had … Continue reading
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Tagged "Dirty Mexican", "In My Country", "My Father Was A Toltec", "No Dogs Or Mexicans Allowed!", "Saturdays", "The only good Indian is a dead Indian", "The only good Mexican is a dead Mexican", "We Would Like You To Know", 1988, Ana Castillo, Audre Lorde, Black Coffee Poet, Cherrie Moraga, Chyrstos, Gloria Anzaldua, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Jean Rhys, Jorge Antonio Vallejos, Not Vanishing
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THE BOOK OF CELTIC VERSE: A TREASURY OF POETRY, DREAMS, AND VISIONS EDITED BY JOHN MATTHEWS
The Book of Celtic Verse Edited by John Matthews Reviewed by Jorge Antonio Vallejos It was a hell of a time finding an anthology of Pagan poetry for this weeks review. I contacted three publishers, one author, looked for books … Continue reading
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Tagged Anonymous 18th Century Poets, Black Coffee Poet, Buckingham Palace, Celtic Poetry, Celtic World: Brittany, Chris Moore, Cornwall, Ella Young, High Queens Doon, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Ireland, John Matthews, Jorge Antonio Vallejos, Mother Eearth, My Step Is Heavy, Poetry of Love, Poetry of Magic, Poetry of the Natural World, Poetry of Vision, The Book of Celtic Verse, The Rose of Silence, Wales, War Songs and Praise Poems
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FIREWATER
Firewater By Janet Rogers Reviewed by Jorge Antonio Vallejos Have you heard of the term “taking back”? It often refers to words and phrases that were once used as weapons against different peoples and that have now been adopted by … Continue reading
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Tagged "Addictions", "Distractions", anthropolgy and racism, Black Coffee Poet, drunken Indian, Firewater, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Janet Rogers, Jorge Antonio Vallejos, Native American Music Award in Spoken Word 2010, Native Spirituality, Native Spoken Word, Swil Kanim, Turtle Island
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INTERVIEW WITH BROKEN ARROW CONTRIBUTORS TIM RENOLLET AND JAMES C. MILES AND EDITOR EMILY POHL-WEARY
Interview With Broken Arrow Contributors James C. Miles and Tim Renollet BCP: Why poetry? JM: That’s a good question. It has been years since I have sat down and put my feelings to pen. However, since my enrollment in the … Continue reading
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Tagged and Culture, Art, Black Coffee Poet, Broken Arrow, Broken Arrow: Native Men's Writing, Emily Pohl-Weary, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Interview with James C. Miles and Tim Renollet and Emily Pohl-Weary, Jorge Antonio Vallejos, Native Men's Residence, Sagatay, Sagatay Apaenmowineen program, Writing Group
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BROKEN ARROW: NATIVE MEN’S WRITING, ART, AND CULTURE
Broken Arrow: Native Men’s Writing, Art and Culture Edited by Emily Pohl-Weary Reviewed by Jorge Antonio Vallejos There’s a new zine out that’s kick ass: Broken Arrow. Its fifty-two pages are comprised of poems, plays, short stories, photos, and artwork; … Continue reading
WAEL QATTAN READS HIS POETRY
I met Wael earlier this year at a poetry reading at the Centre for Women and Trans People at University of Toronto. His poetry was striking! Images of the hell that Iraq was in the 90s came from Wael’s lips. … Continue reading
JUST GIVE ME A COOL DRINK OF WATER ‘FORE I DIIIE
Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water ‘fore I Diiie By Maya Angelou Reviewed By Jorge Antonio Vallejos Titles usually give a sense of what a book is about. One of my mentor’s, Lee Maracle, has taught me to … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Black Community, Elle Magazine, Equity Studies, Gabourey Sidibe, Go Tell It To The Mountain, Harlem Hopscotch, heroine, homophobia, James Baldwin, Jorge Antonio Vallejos, Just Give Me A Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie, Lee Maracle, Letter To An Aspiring Junkie, Maya Angelou, My Guilt, No No No No, On Working White Liberals, Poems, poetry, Riot: 60s, Segregation, Sepia Fashion Show, Skin politics, Slavery, streets, The Calling of Names, The Thirteens, They Went Home, Vitenam War, Water, Women's Studies
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ELI CLARE READS HIS POETRY
I first met Eli Clare in March 2008. He was in town for a talk at the Ontario Institute for Secondary Education and agreed to be interviewed. I heard Eli’s footsteps before seeing his smile. Once in front of each … Continue reading
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