When I heard that people like Jennifer Kawaja and Ian Iqbal Rashid were behind the new film How She Move, I just knew I had to go see it.
Check out the film at: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0770810/
I liked how this was not another story about a white female teacher ’saving’ the black kids. I loved watching the incredible, athletic, [...]
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My girlfriend and I had a post-modern Toronto moment today on the subway. We were on our way home from the Downsview Park Merchant’s Market. We went there solely for the really amazing international food court they have there–you should check out the Salvadorean and Afghani stalls.
When we boarded the eastbound Keele car, we saw a white [...]
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I read at the Midland Public Library on Wednesday. The librarian and I weren’t really sure what to expect because the region is a little quiet in the winter (it’s more popular, especially with cottagers, in the summertime). But I wanted to do a reading there anyhow since I like small town readings, and I [...]
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Happy New Year!
I started my year by reading at the First Annual Mayworks New Year’s Day Poetry Marathon. Sixty poets performed for 5 minutes each, for 5 hours. The organizers got the idea from the New York Poetry Project’s New Year’s Day Poetry Marathon, which has been running for over 3 decades and boasts ten [...]
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