Extra Illicit Sonnets chronicles a love affair between a man and a woman of different complexions, cultures, continents, and generations, Sonia Fuentes of Andorra and Luca Xifona of Canada. She is Spanish in heritage; and he is Maltese. She is a Boomer and he is of Generation Y-Not. The poetry consists mainly of unrhymed – or […]
In July 1949, George and Rufus Hamilton were hanged for the murder of a Fredericton, New Brunswick, taxi driver. These poems, written by their cousin, reimagine their story, reminding us of racism, poverty, and their brutal, tragic results.
The second part of Book I of Canticles continues the dialogue -- as dramatic monologues -- of those who fostered the transatlantic slave trade, or who demonized the image of the Negro in the Occident; as well as those who struggled for liberation and/or anti-racism.
Book I of The Canticles puts into dialogue - as dramatic monologues - those who fostered the transatlantic slave trade, or who demonized the image of the Negro in the Occident; as well as those who struggled for liberation and/or anti-racism.
This article traces a comparative literary history of Black Caribbean women’sexperiences in diaspora in the post-war period from the 1950s to the 1970s whenCaribbean families migrated in large numbers first to England and then toCanada and the United States. Foregrounding the forgotten female character 2as a symbol of Caribbean women’s double marginalization as racializedmigrants and […]
Black women writers in the Americas are engaged consciously or unconsciously in cross-border, cross-cultural dialogue. In opening up the critical spaces that recognize and value women's differences as well as their similarities, black women writers complicate and enhance discussions about identities, race, ethnicity, gender, colour, class, geography and sexuality. This cross-cultural dialogue situates the black […]
This paper attempts to interrogate some of the challenges involved in the ar-ticulation of a black Canadian literature and suggests that such a literature may best be understood not as a set of “coherent” national narratives but as a complex engagement of the multiple diasporic experiences that inform and influence understandings of Canadian-ness. The study […]
Looking back at more than 45 years of official multicultural policy in Canada, this article asks us to reflect on how the experiences of Black male youth in Toronto and the ways in which race, class, age, and gender intersect to alienate them from full access to educational and employment opportunities disrupt the construction of […]