Toronto writer discusses erasure in Black art and history during Black Portraiture[s] Conference
The Black Portraiture[s] conference is being hosted in Canada for the first time.
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Workshop encourages participants to write their own poems
Toronto poet-singer Honey Novick hosted the “Have Fun with Poetry!” workshop at the S. Walter Stewart library.
Welcome back, poetry. (Thanks, Internet)
The presence on social-media platforms such as Instagram, Twitter and Tumblr has helped the popularity of young poets and writers, attracting a greater audience to their art.
Torontonians bare their souls to strangers at True Stories Toronto.
Grace Smith opens up her soul with a personal story in front of a crowd.
‘Poetry is everywhere, in everything,’ Toronto’s poet laureate says
George Elliot Clarke recited some of his work as a class of student painters created their own. Toronto’s fourth poet laureate was one of a group of poets who sat for an adult portraiture class on April 16, part of the Art Gallery of Ontario’s “Portraits of Poets” exhibit launch marking National Poetry Month.
Dan Murray Wins Toronto Poetry Slam
Dan Murray won the Toronto Poetry Slam, which was held on Sunday February 16, 2014 at the Super Market. The Poetry Slam featured 13 poets who battled rivals through three rounds. Murray will represent Toronto…