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Angela J. Gray

@angelajgraywrites

I write about race, equity and the impact of colonization. In particularly on children of the African/Caribbean diaspora adopted into white families.

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23.10.2025 04:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
poster in green and yellow with two frogs on a curtained outdoor stage, one playing cello and one sax, three small frogs below listening. "Friday Night Frogs, informal spring listening to the amphibian chorus, April 25 @8pm with Vancouver poet laureate Elee Kraljii Gardiner more info @ versevancouver.ca"

poster in green and yellow with two frogs on a curtained outdoor stage, one playing cello and one sax, three small frogs below listening. "Friday Night Frogs, informal spring listening to the amphibian chorus, April 25 @8pm with Vancouver poet laureate Elee Kraljii Gardiner more info @ versevancouver.ca"

VANCOUVER: The Pacific Tree Frogs are singing! Come for an informal listening party to the frogs in the water features around Mundell Park at UBC’s Wesbrook Village. We’ll meet at the playground and wander towards the sounds. Think "amphibious John Cage".

13.04.2025 16:51 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

"The left went too far" in contemporary U.S. politics is almost always a lie and a very convenient way to rationalize moral failure. For example, "MeToo went too far" replaces "I do not care about sexual violence or its victims and I don't want to have to even feel bad about that"

13.04.2025 18:03 πŸ‘ 15303 πŸ” 3371 πŸ’¬ 94 πŸ“Œ 179
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'B.C.'s' expected rent supplements for Youth from child welfare system not paid in more than a year, sources say β€˜I’m not surviving,’ says Indigenous 19-year-old denied SAJE rental assistance who can β€˜barely cover’ rent

After digging, @indiginews.bsky.social discovered that young adults from foster care haven't received a single dollar from MCFD's legislated SAJE program for rent support in over a year. "I'm not surviving," one youth told us. "I have so many problems."

My latest.

indiginews.com/news/saje-re...

25.03.2025 21:53 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Becoming Kin Check out this great listen on Audible.ca. The invented history of the Western world is crumbling fast, Anishinaabe writer Patty Krawec says, but we can still honor the bonds between us. Settlers domi...

If you get books on Audible, Becoming Kin is part of their BOGO sale, ending in a few hours in the US and available for $5.99 in Canada for the next few days!

www.audible.ca/pd/B0BN6TNC8...

24.03.2025 16:14 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Just finished If I Must Die, poetry and prose by Refaat Alareer.

A heartbreak of a book, but it ends beautifully, with a story of sharing dates in the midst of flight. Doing good is contagious, he says.

And it is. As @mskellymhayes.bsky.social says. Do good, and know that the good you do matters.

16.03.2025 20:51 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Join us for an afternoon of poetry and sound with Elee Kraljii Gardiner and Eduardo Abrantes supported by the Embassy of Canada.
ForlagiΓ°, FiskislΓ³Γ° 39, ReykjavΓ­k, March 19, 2025, 16:00
The afternoon will feature a reading from Elee’s poetry collection Trauma Head and a representation of the collaborative project based on the text.
Eduardo Abrantes is a sound artist and artistic researcher based in Copenhagen. He works between sound art and performance often in collaboration weaving rhythms spaces movements and improvisation as opportunities for play.

Join us for an afternoon of poetry and sound with Elee Kraljii Gardiner and Eduardo Abrantes supported by the Embassy of Canada. ForlagiΓ°, FiskislΓ³Γ° 39, ReykjavΓ­k, March 19, 2025, 16:00 The afternoon will feature a reading from Elee’s poetry collection Trauma Head and a representation of the collaborative project based on the text. Eduardo Abrantes is a sound artist and artistic researcher based in Copenhagen. He works between sound art and performance often in collaboration weaving rhythms spaces movements and improvisation as opportunities for play.

ReykjavÍk: we'd love to see you March 19 at Forlagið!

11.03.2025 10:56 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Roxane Gay Books & The Audacity Submission Manager THE AUDACITY, my newsletter, features an emerging writer twice a month. I define emerging writer as someone with fewer than three article/essay/short story publications and no published books or book ...

I am accepting submissions for my emerging writer series at gay.submittable.com. You should have three publications or fewer and no book contract. Yes, this is a paid opportunity. Guidelines at the link. Plz follow the guidelines.

06.03.2025 22:44 πŸ‘ 1486 πŸ” 586 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 32
Courtesy of the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies Winterton Collection, Northwestern University / Smithsonian National Museum of African Art.

Courtesy of the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies Winterton Collection, Northwestern University / Smithsonian National Museum of African Art.

Portrait of two women, Zanzibar (c. 1900).

22.02.2025 20:18 πŸ‘ 316 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2
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13.02.2025 00:23 πŸ‘ 14948 πŸ” 2763 πŸ’¬ 179 πŸ“Œ 89
Book covers for: Hollow Fires by Samira Ahmed, The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo, The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester by Maya MacGregor, Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson, Monster by Walter Dean Myers, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

Book covers for: Hollow Fires by Samira Ahmed, The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo, The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester by Maya MacGregor, Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson, Monster by Walter Dean Myers, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

Got my first "Violating an Executive Order" and "I'll make sure you lose federal funding" parent threat today for teaching "DEI" books in our upcoming "Liberty and Justice" themed unit. Even in "Blue" Massachusetts we're dealing with this.

Anyway, don't obey in advance, and don't obey later.

13.02.2025 15:11 πŸ‘ 33409 πŸ” 5687 πŸ’¬ 1413 πŸ“Œ 334
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Lit Windows β€” Hamilton Review of Books Bright works for dark times

Noelle Allen had the great idea to ask writers to share what work uplifts them in difficult times. I was very glad to get to write a little essay about two works that speak to the troubles, inspire and console along with others’ book suggestions.

hamiltonreviewofbooks.com/blog/2025/02...?

05.02.2025 03:00 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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2025 Muriel's Journey Poetry Prize Submit your poetry to the 2025 MURIEL’S JOURNEY POETRY PRIZE. What's Muriel's Journey all about? Find out hereΒ PRIZE:First Prize $100 First Prize for a poem by a Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES) con...

March 31 deadline to submit poetry to the Muriel's Journey Poetry Prize! moritherapy.wixsite.com/murielsjourn...

31.01.2025 15:53 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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25.01.2025 13:16 πŸ‘ 36785 πŸ” 9212 πŸ’¬ 712 πŸ“Œ 444
Costco

Costco

Big hearts to Costco
Diversity has been proven to yield better results.

23.01.2025 12:19 πŸ‘ 22411 πŸ” 4243 πŸ’¬ 601 πŸ“Œ 408
Spine of book propped against riotous colourful pillows. Book is black with yellow font reading Against Death:35 Essays on Living edited by Elee Kraljii Gardiner

Spine of book propped against riotous colourful pillows. Book is black with yellow font reading Against Death:35 Essays on Living edited by Elee Kraljii Gardiner

Page of a book, start of an essay titled β€œhow to make art out of this” by Joe Average

Page of a book, start of an essay titled β€œhow to make art out of this” by Joe Average

Joe Average died on Christmas Eve in his sleep two days after travelling to Ottawa to receive the Order of Canada.I had the chance to include his story about being diagnosed with HIV in 1984 and learning how to live with deep uncertainty in Against Death:35 Essays on Living @anvilpress.bsky.social

29.12.2024 23:13 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Lysol wipes.

19.12.2024 20:56 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Take Rain by Gary Barwin and Elee Kraljii Gardiner β€” carte blanche magazine Take rain / for example, the glint (in)visible on / dark nights

every damn time I see this collaboration author photo I do a spit take. @garybarwin.bsky.social is a menace! πŸ˜‚https://carteblanchemagazine.com/issue-49/barwin-kraljii-gardiner-take-rain

13.12.2024 01:53 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0