Faith Arkorful
@faitharkorful.bsky.social
writer of THE SEVENTH TOWN OF GHOSTS, out now on McClelland and Stewart
"oh, how i love / the suggestion that the earth can extend / that there will always be room for more time." #TodaysPoem #poetry Family Affair by @faitharkorful.bsky.social from The Seventh Town of Ghosts (2024 McClelland & Stewart) tinyurl.com/2v25979y
"Family Affair" by Faith Arkorful - League of Canadian Poets
Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets' daily poetry dispatch. Read "Family Affair" by Faith Arkorful.
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My book, The Seventh Town of Ghosts was recently shortlisted for the Trillium Book Award for Poetry. Thank you to everyone who read the book and continues to engage with it. And congrats to @emdubbleu.bsky.social and Jake Byrne for shortlisting as well!
Trillium Book Award for Poetry The Seventh Town of Ghosts by Faith Arkorful (McClelland & Stewart / Penguin Random House Canada) DADDY by Jake Byrne (Brick Books) Terrarium by Matthew Walsh (icehouse poetry / Goose Lane Editions)
Heather J. Witchy🧙 Wood@rollwithheather.bsky.social · last yr.The Trillium Books Awards shortlist has been announced. The Trilliums recognize literary excellence for both English and French books by Ontario writers. #CanLit quillandquire.com/omni/canisia...
Israeli settlers beat up Hamdan Ballal, one of the Palestinian co-directors of the documentary film No Other Land, in the occupied West Bank, according to witnesses. He was then detained by the Israeli military.
Oscar-winning Palestinian director attacked by Israeli settlers, detained by army
Israeli settlers beat up Hamdan Ballal, one of the Palestinian co-directors of the documentary film No Other Land, in the occupied West Bank, according to witnesses. He was then detained by the Israel...
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This spring, on April 1st, @houseofanansi.bsky.social will publish my debut poetry collection, Myth! It's a little tropical, a little lyrical, a little speculative, something for everyone! 🌴🧜🏾♀️👽🌙 Preorders are open! Please share if you can! houseofanansi.com/products/myt...
Myth
Myth, the much-anticipated debut collection from the multi-talented Terese Mason Pierre, weaves between worlds (‘real’ and ‘imaginary’) unearthing the unsettling: our jaded and joyful relationships to...
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something so special about being a black girl with a black cat
calling a basement apartment "lower level" is such a terrible perversion of language
i hope i die warmed by the life that i tried to live — Nikki Giovanni
I interviewed Dionne Brand for @thenation.com. Read for a discussion of the English novel, an alternative tradition, and more www.thenation.com/article/cult...
How the Western Literary Canon Made the World Worst
A talk with Dionne Brand about her recent book, Salvage, which looks at how the classic texts of Anglo-American fiction helped abet the crimes of capitalism, colonialism, and more.
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NEW: Human rights organization Amnesty International has released a 296-page report concluding that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. The group joins Holocaust historians, United Nations experts, and a growing number of nations worldwide in doing so.
BREAKING: Amnesty Concludes Israel Is Committing Genocide
“We will look back and say, ‘Why did we not do more earlier?” Amnesty's director tells Zeteo.
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constantly reminding myself that there are no rules to poetry. there are no rules, other than the ones you create for yourself. this is hard to remember on the internet, but it's always rang true for me
CBC’s Front Burner interviewed author David Bergen on his decision to boycott the #GillerPrize. I encourage all of us in the #book industry to listen. www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
Politics, Gaza and money collide at The Giller Prize | Front Burner | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen
For the last year, Canada’s premier literary award The Giller Prize has been embroiled in a controversy that has split the Canadian literary community. Last years gala was interrupted by protestors who rushed the stage carrying placards emblazoned with ‘Scotiabank Funds Genocide.’ What they were referring to was the fact The Giller’s lead sponsor, Scotiabank, was a principal shareholder of one of Israel’s largest weapons manufacturers. They also objected to a pair of Giller sponsors invested in the Israeli military and settlements in the occupied West Bank. Since then, a number of former Giller winners, along with hundreds of bookworkers across the country have committed to a boycott. Winner of the 2005 Giller Prize David Bergen joins the show to discuss his decision not to attend this year’s Giller Prize – and a broader conversation about the duty of a writer, and whether it is possible for artists to reconcile their personal convictions with the interests of corporate sponsors. For transcripts of Front Burner, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts
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I haven't posted here since before my book was released. Hello new followers! I wrote a debut collection of poetry titled The Seventh Town of Ghosts this past spring. If you'd like to read it you can buy a copy here: www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/717999...
The Seventh Town of Ghosts by Faith Arkorful | Penguin Random House Canada
CBC Poetry Prize finalist and National Magazine Award honoree Faith Arkorful’s breathtaking, surpassingly thoughtful debut collection of poems.
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In gratitude for those who review poetry, Continent had these engagements I continue to appreciate: www.canculturemag.com/literary-1/2... www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
Continent • Montreal Review of Books
In Aaron Boothby’s Continent, documented history and intergenerational storytelling form a subjective mythology.
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It's the first day of 2024, which means The Seventh Town of Ghosts, my debut book, will be out in EIGHTY-FIVE days. If you can, please consider supporting a young Black poet in Canada by RT'ing this and/or pre-ordering a copy below - thank you: www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/717999...
The Seventh Town of Ghosts by Faith Arkorful | Penguin Random House Canada
CBC Poetry Prize finalist and National Magazine Award honoree Faith Arkorful’s breathtaking, surpassingly thoughtful debut collection of poems.
penguinrandomhouse.ca
I was waiting to post the cover and preorder link on Instagram. And then I did so. And now the book doesn't come out until September so I don't know what to do with my life: www.instagram.com/p/C1DHJYXRuC...
