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Review of Kaie Kellough's 'Magnetic Equator' by Raissa Simone
Raissa Simone reviews Kellough's award-winning collection of poems.
Raïssa Simone
25.07.2022
Interview with Poet and Organizer BeWyrd
BeWyrd (a.k.a. MCC) is a Montreal (Tiohtià:ke)-based poet, musician, Twitch streamer, and president of the Throw! Poetry Collective. His roots are in Northern Ontario. He represented Montreal at the 2013 and 2014 Canadian Festivals of Spoken Word. You can find BeWyrd behind the curtains …
31.01.2022
Montreal, Canada
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Raïssa Simone
31.01.2022
Interview with Poet and Writing Mentor Yes
Yes (they/them) is a poet and a pollinator. They live in the inbetween these days, travelling what they call a country in their trailer with their love and enough animals to fill up a tiny zoo. They are a Cuban migrant, brujx, and plant loving bitch. They’re genderqueer and afraid of the dark.…
18.11.2021
Montreal, Canada
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Raïssa Simone
18.11.2021
INTERVIEW WITH POET TAWAHUM BIGE by Raissa Simone
Check out Raissa Simone's chat with the poet Tawahum about his work as a writer and activist, his mentors, writing while in lockdown, and his growth as an artist.
Raïssa Simone
05.07.2021
AGAINST PRODUCTIVITY: EXECUTIVE DYSFUNCTION, DISABILITY, AND MOVING TOWARD POLITICAL REST
In this essay, Raissa Simone explores what happens when our bodies tell us to stop and why choosing rest over productivity can lead to a healthier self and community.
Raïssa Simone
15.04.2021
Interview with Poet Lauren Turner
 Lauren Turner is a disabled poet and essayist. Her chapbook, We’re Not Going to Do Better Next Time, was published by knife | fork | book in March 2018, and her full-length debut, The Only Card in a Deck of Knives, came out with Wolsak and Wynn in August 2020. Her work has appe…
15.01.2021
Montreal, Canada
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Raïssa Simone
15.01.2021
Interview with Poet Inali Barger
Inali Barger (he/they) is a spoken word artist, educator, activist, and the current artistic director of the London Poetry Slam. He has coached individuals and teams of poets to help them breathe into their own truths, locate their own experiences, and edit (self/others/the world, through words). In…
19.12.2020
Montreal, Canada
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Raïssa Simone
19.12.2020
Interview with Illustrator Jonathan Burrello
J. Burrello hatched out of a mysterious polka-dotted egg that washed up on shore circa 1987. The young aspiring independent comic artist was taken in by cloaked cult-like figures who taught him that the universe was a very boring place, credulity is a prized virtue, and masturbating is about the mos…
28.10.2020
Montreal, Canada
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Raïssa Simone
28.10.2020
What Is Toxic Polyamory Culture?: Red Flags and Green Flags
Recently, there has been a surge of writing and thinking devoted to a topic that is easing its way into the mainstream- ethical polyamory. While some polyamorous circles may be reluctant to address th…
Raïssa Simone
18.10.2020
Interview with Comedian Samson Cooperman
Samson Cooperman is a comedian who has worked in Quebec, Ontario, and New York. His performances are hilariously physical, neurotically introspective, and sincerely irreverent enough to make you completely relate. You can catch him next at The Comedy Nest on September 2nd, where he will be defending…
02.09.2020
Montreal, Canada
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Raïssa Simone
02.09.2020
"Were You Drinking?": On Addiction and Vulnerability to Victim-Blaming
"We aren't crazy. We know what happened. We are just unable to manage it. We want a happy life. Our memory has no statues, has no court, has no status; it is a sickly, persistent 'is.' For the people…
Raïssa Simone
26.08.2020
HOW PERFORMATIVE ALLYSHIP GASLIGHTS MARGINALIZED PEOPLE AND HOW TO MOVE TOWARD SOLIDARITY
Public engagement in social justice campaigns has never been higher—but is everybody working towards the same aims? Raissa Simone investigates the difference between true solidarity and performative a…
Raïssa Simone
06.08.2020
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