Suheir Hammad Part 2
Black Canon
Suheir Hammad is an American poet and essayist born in Palestine and raised in Brooklyn. She is the author of " Born Palestinian, Born Black" and " Drop of this Story" , collections of poems published in 1996. Heavily influence by the hip hop scene, she appears on the HBO show Def Jam Poetry in 2001 after the September 11 attacks on the Twins Towers.
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Hanif Abdurraqib
Black Canon
Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus Ohio. He is also the recipient of the McArthur Foundation " Genius" grant. His new book " There is always this year...about basketball and ascension is out now.
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Yessoh GD
Black Canon
Yessoh GD was born in Ivory Coast in West Africa. He studied Telecommunications in Morocco and also lived in India for 6 years , where he said he started writing this book, his first published work of fiction, TALE ...Book 1 Knowledge.
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Hari Ziyad
Black Canon
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Hari Ziyad
Black Canon
Hari Ziyad is an author whose debut novel , Black Boy Out of Time, a story of growing up black and queer in Cleveland Ohio was recognized amongst the best LGBTQ books in 2021.
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Akbar Hussain
Black Canon
Akbar Hussain is a lawyer and co founder of a successful start up. He lived in Nairobi for 7 years and currently resides in New York City. He was born in India and grew up in Switzterland. Truth is A flightless Bird is his first novel.
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Fisk University Poetry Event
Black Canon
Poetry by the fire pit is a poetry event organised by students at Fisk Universty, an HBCU in the heart of Nashville in Tennesse.
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Poetry Workshop Part 2
Black Canon
this is our 2nd part of the coverage of the poetry workshop organized by Peter Khan which took place at the Columbus Metropolitan Library.
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Poetry Workshop Columbus Ohio
Black Canon
Poetry event organized by Peter Kahn brought together young writers, Dennison University students, mentor by Barbara Fant(poet), Hanif Abubakarik (poet and novelist) and Malika Brooker(poet fron the UK) for a night of spoken words and poetry.
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black canon munashe kaseke part 2
Black Canon
We are continuing our conversation with Munashe Kaseke, author of the collection of stories " Send Her Back " which was published July 25 2022 by Mukana Press. She was born and raised in Harare Zimbabwe and immigrated to the United States at age 19 .
info_outlineMunashe Kaseke was born and raised in Harare, Zimbabwe. She migrated to the United States of America at the age nineteen when she received a scholarship to study at Drake University in Des Moines , Iowa. She holds a Doctor of Pharmacy and Master in Public Administration degrees. Munashe currently lives and works in Northern California.