Forces to Bear: The Reculturalization of Canadian Poetry
Winter 2014. Vol. 36 No.3
CV2 explores how poetry in this country has been impacted by what are in more official circles referred to as non-dominant cultures in Canada. Includes feature interviews with poet and writer Peter Midgley, who was born in Namibia and stayed in Canada after finishing his PhD at the University of Alberta; and with Rand Jacobs, a.k.a. RC Weslowski, a member of the Vancouver Poetry Slam community since its early days in the late ’90s and an instrumental person in Canada’s Slam movement. Both of them talk about their art and the social and cultural inspiration behind their work.You’ll also find new poetry by Rhea Tregabov, Oana Avasilichioaei, Andy Quan and others, as well the final instalment of “Resistance/Words for the Revolution,” and a special art supplement featuring Sonny Assu.
Online content from this issue
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by Tasha Beeds
kayâsago, a long, long time ago kistêsinâw Our Elder Brother kî-pimohtêw walked and walked kî-pimohtêw kî-pimohtêw the world into being ...
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by April Mae M. Berza
like a falling debris from a construction site slowly committing suicide as it touches the ground, again I looked up...
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by Anis Shivani
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by Sepideh Hatami Shahmarvandi
“I live” used to say having no way stood in front of “i” pointing the gun — which the shooting was by...
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by Aaron Simm
The world is a bad, bad place And I know Oh, I would know! Born backwards big on...
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by Waaseyaa’sin Christine Sy
day falls away to dusk twilight and still you resist standing still ogitchidaa’ikawe warrior woman jingle dress dancer hand drummer...
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by Oana Avasilichioaei
At dawn, when the ship seemed steady below me, its flamed helm pointing us west, I would take my rare...
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by David Robertson
I learned to love your devil’s touch, Bruised my knees to match my skin, It was safety felt within your...
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by Peter Midgley
she sat for two days, waiting for officials to acknowledge her. reporters found her first, told her story to the...
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by Moez Surani
How is it I came to be summed up as I am now? Did the carbon in me pirouette through ...
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by Andy Quan
I trampled those days, a lion, believed in myself with a ferocity that has since never been the same. They...
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by RC Weslowski
It begins with betrayal In not being able to express The crushed grape in your chest The taste of morgue...
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by Oana Avasilichioaei
Translation is one way that cultures, languages, ideas formed through those languages, historical and social specificities are able to cross...
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by Andy Quan
It’s easy to picture a poet, marginalized by race, sexuality or another marker of difference, battling against the dominant culture,...
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Reviewed by Michael Minor
Perhaps too much has been said about how there are more people writing poetry than reading it in Canada. In...
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Interviewed by Sharon Caseburg
Sharon Caseburg: What brought you to Canada? What were your reasons for staying? Peter Midgley: I came to do a...
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Interviewed by Steve Locke
In the realm of slam poetry, few have as long a resumé as Randy Jacobs, a.k.a. RC Weslowski. As a...