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“indinawemaaganidog / all of my relatives” from Islands of Decolonial Love. Copyright © Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, 2013. [ARP Books, Winnipeg] If you prefer to read in PDF, please CLICK HERE From the counter-cover of the book: “Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s lovingly drawn characters work hard to preserve their innocence in a world where irony and cynicism would …
Adriana Paredes Pinda is a Mapuche-Huilliche indigenous poet from Osorno, Chile. She has published Ül (2005) and Parias Zugun (2014), and many of her poems also appear in poetry anthologies such as Hilando en la memoria (2006) and 20 poetas mapuche contemporáneos (2003). Her poetry has been awarded literary prizes as well as several scholarships. …
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Rita Joe is a Mi’kmaq writer born in We’koqma’q, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1932. Joe was orphaned very young and raised by various extended family members and foster families until she was taken to residential school in Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia. From there, she …
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The work of Joy Harjo (Mvskoke, Tulsa, Oklahoma) challenges every attempt at introduction. Singer, saxofonist, poet, performer, dramatist, and storyteller are just a few of her roles. Somewhere between jazz and ceremonial flute, the beat of her sensibility radiates hope and gratitude to readers and listeners alike. For example, from Harjo we learn that the …
Fernando Pomalaza studied drawing and painting at the Escuela de Bellas Artes de la UNCP de Huancayo (the School of Fine Arts at UNCP at Huancayo), the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes de Lima (the National School of Fine Arts at Lima, Peru), the Art Students League, the New School of Social Research, and the …
Ernesto “Teto” Ocampo. In memoriam (1969-2023) Interview and comments © Sara Ríos and Juan G. Sánchez M. Translated from Spanish © Jocelyn Montalban If you prefer to read this post as a PDF, please click HERE The crickets and cicadas awake in the night, the rattle follows the rhythm of the jungle, and suddenly a …
“La danza es mi vocabulario”, Barbara Kaneratonni Diabo © Juan G. Sánchez Martínez Translated from Spanish © Jocelyn Montalban If you prefer to read this post as a PDF, click HERE Barbara Kaneratonni Diabo is part of the Kanienkeha:ka nation (Mohawk), and the Kahnawake community, located close to what is today known as Montreal, across …
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Sangre de tabaco © Javier Jayali. Común presencia, 2023Tobacco Blood © Lorrie Lowenfield Jayne If you prefer to read this post as a PDF, click here Javier Jayali is originally from Cota (Kundurmarka, Colombia). He is a writer and an educator of literature and orality. He studied Literature at the National University of Colombia. For …
Introduction by Rita Palacios Poems translated from Spanish by Paul Worley Manuel Tzoc Bucup is a poet, visual, and performance artist from Iximulew (Guatemala). His work is intersectional, using poetic language and visual art to explore social realities, focusing on gender, identity, the body, origins, memory, language, image, object, sexual dissidence, and all possible combinations …
By Juan G. Sánchez Martínez Translated from Spanish by Lorrie Jayne A few weeks ago, we shared words with Edinson Quiñones, an artist of Nasa ancestry, from Cauca Colombia. Edinson spoke with us from his Nasa territory, where he is currently “unlearning” at the Universidad Autónoma Indígena Intercultural (UAIIN) and leading the trans-indigenous project, “Popayork.” …
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