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#NPM18: 16 INDIGENOUS WRITERS AND ARTISTS TO LEARN FROM | GUEST POST BY CHELENE KNIGHT
Recently, someone tried to tear me down on social media because of the work I am trying to do around inclusion and self-care for underrepresented writers. As a Black, female writer, on social media, self-care is important. That very same day almost as if a timely gift dropped down from depths of Twitter, I saw…
#NPM18: 12 CANADIAN NATURE POETRY BOOKS | GUEST POST BY TERRENCE ABRAHAMS
Canada’s relationship with nature poetry has, historically, been an uncomfortable one. Early settler poets took their settler-colonial romanticism to the extreme, writing of this land as if it were wild and unknown, rather than familiar and home to long-standing indigenous communities. Though the damage done by these early poets cannot be undone, nature poetry in…
#NPM18: WEEKLY ROUND-UP | WEEK TWO
Overwhelmed by all the amazing National Poetry Month content coming out every day? Need a refresher? We’ll be rounding up our blog content, along with the awesome stuff our friends at Open Book, All Lit Up, 49th Shelf, and CBC Books are releasing – plus other NPM news that catches our eye each week; all month long. This week we’re also highlighting…
LCP50: Celebrating 50 years
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