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Dr. Afua Cooper

April 19, 2011 Arts

TweetPoet / Author / Historian, Toronto, ON. Born: Jamaica. Dr. Afua Cooper is a celebrated and award-winning poet, author, historian, curator, performer, cultural worker, and recording artist. Her poems have been anthologized in national and international publications, and translated in several languages, and she has published five books of poetry, including the award-winning Memories Have [...]

March 28, 2011 Author

TweetDistinguished Scholar / Author / Poet, Bard High School Early College, Brooklyn, NY. Born: Ajax, ON. Dr. Zetta Elliott was born in Ajax, Ontario and spent the early years of her life in Pickering and Scarborough. She attended Bishop’s University in Quebec, then spent a summer in Brooklyn, and knew NYC would one day be [...]

March 18, 2011 Author

TweetPoet / Writer, Mercury Press, Toronto, ON. Born: Moriah, Tobago. M. NourbeSe Philip is a writer and poet who has produced several published works. Her first play, Coups and Calypsos, was produced in both the UK and in Toronto (1999), while a stage adaptation of Harriet’s Daughter, her popular novel for young adults, was successfully [...]

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