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Tag Archives: mixed race identity
BCP READS @ WE ARE WHO WE ARE
We Are Who We Are was one of the best events I have ever participated in. The ultra diverse group of performers read poems, danced burlesque, sang songs in their languages, and much more. To say We Are Who We … Continue reading
MESHACH HARVEY READS “A RUDE AWAKENING”: A MEMOIR PIECE ABOUT MIXED-RACE IDENTITY AND RACISM
Meshach Harvey Was Born in Toronto, Canada in 1988. He is of mixed race ancestry. His father is of Black Jamaican descent and his mother is of Finnish descent. Meshach is currently a fourth year Honours History major at York … Continue reading
MIXOLOGY
Mixology By Adrian Matejka Reviewed by Jorge Antonio Vallejos I remember hearing the compliment of compliments in terms of writing a couple of years ago. It was about Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk. A writer (whose name I can’t remember) … Continue reading
THE BROWN FACE
The Brown Face By Jorge Antonio Vallejos I’ve got Scandalous by Psycho Realm playing as I write. It’s a Brown thing. Brown Pride more like it. That’s what this is about. It’s also a fitting song since I’ve been referred … Continue reading
INTERVIEW WITH FIREWEED #75: THE MIXED RACE ISSUE CO-EDITOR MAY LUI
May Lui is a Toronto-based writer who is mixed-race, anti-racist, feminist and an all-around troublemaker. She blogs at maysie.ca, ranting and raving at any and all injustices and uses the f-bomb regularly. She’s been published in the Toronto Star, Fireweed … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged "FIREWEED #75: The Mixed Race Issue", "Miscegenation Blues", "Siren Magazine", "Sister Vision Press", "With A Rough Tongue: Femmes Write Porn", Black Coffee Poet, Dionne Brand, Elizabeth Ruth, Farzana Doctor, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Lisa Amin, May Lui, mixed race identity, Mixed Race Women, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, Toronto Star, Toronto Women's Bookstore, Wayson Choy
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ZAINAB AMADAHY READS HER POETRY
I met Zainab in 2005 at an Indigenous solidarity meeting. We immediately connected. The past five years has seen us attend many political events together, engage in long conversations on the phone and over coffees while discussing mixed race identity, … Continue reading
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