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Brandon Wint discusses family history, spatial poetry, and his debut poetry collection, Divine Animal. Andrew shakes off the rust and interviews his first guest in months. It's a blast! ----- Listen to more episodes of Page Fright here. Follow the podcast on Twitter here. Follow the podcast on Instagram here. ----- Ontario born poet and spoken word artist Brandon Wint uses poetry to attend to the joy and devastation and inequity associated with this era of human and ecological history. Increasingly, his work on the page and in performance casts a tender but robust attention toward the movements and impacts of colonial, capitalist logic, and how they might be undone. His poems and essays have been published in national anthologies, including The Great Black North: Contemporary African-Canadian Poetry (Frontenac House, 2013) and Black Writers Matter (University of Regina Press, 2019). Divine Animal is his debut book of poetry. ----- Andrew French is an author from North Vancouver, British Columbia. He is the author of two chapbooks, Do Not Discard Ashes (845 Press, 2020) and Poems for Different Yous (Rose Garden Press, 2021). Andrew has a BA in English from Huron University College at Western University and an MA in English from UBC. He writes poems, book reviews, and hosts this very podcast.
Brandon Wint is an Ontario born poet and spoken word artist who uses poetry to attend to the joy and devastation and inequity associated with this era of human and ecological history. Increasingly, his work on the page and in performance casts a tender but robust attention toward the movements and impacts of colonial, capitalist logic, and how they might be undone. In this way, Brandon Wint is devoted to a poetics of world making, world altering and world breaking. For Brandon, the written and spoken word is a tool for examining and enacting his sense of justice, and imagining less violence futures for himself and the world he has inherited. For more than a decade, Brandon has been a sought-after, touring performer, and has presented his work in the United States, Australia, Lithuania, Latvia, and Jamaica. His poems and essays have been published in national anthologies, including The Great Black North: Contemporary African-Canadian Poetry (Frontenac House, 2013) and Black Writers Matter (University of Regina Press, 2019). Divine Animal is his debut book of poetry. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cbaw/support
Alison Clarke will read from her new poetry book, Phillis, followed by a conversation with Brandon Wint, and an audience Q&A via YouTube chat. *NOTE* There is a brief technical interruption at the 5:56 minute mark. Our apologies for the disruption. **Original air date: Oct. 15**
Welcome to Bare Mixup w. Danii and Rae! On our 15th episode we are joined by a special guest, Brandon Wint, as we discuss what it means to choose your own path and finding your purpose in life. Song of The Week: Hold On- H.E.R BARE MIXUP & CHILL PLAYLIST: open.spotify.com/playlist/6u3Qnn0…VITaKC2Nbg3eyl0g BARE MIXUP CHUNES PLAYLIST: open.spotify.com/playlist/5amJ6tV…ZRTKOOV_-uhfYxPQ Black Owned Businesses: Toned Magazine -IG: @toned.mag -Website: https://tonedmag.com Special Guest info: Brandon Wint is the Founder of OneLife Management, a Brand + Talent management and PR Company. He also works as a Music Journalist at GRUNGECAKE and is a member of the Recording Academy. - @BrandonWint_ -@Onelifemanagement -@Caribbrew Designing with Danii Resources: -An Integrated Approach for Analyzing Connectivity in Atria by Sherine Fathy, Alagamy Khalid Al-Hagla, Yousry Anany, Rania Raslan -Evaluation and Formulation in Design - The Implications of Morphological Theories of Function by John Peponis Mental Notes Resources -https://psychology.wikia.org/wiki/Quarter-life_crisis -https://www.elitedaily.com/life/motivation/psychology-quarter-life-crisis/955389 -https://www.themuse.com/advice/powering-through-your-quarterlife-crisis -Therapy resources: - www.blacktherapistlist.com/ - www.psychologytoday.com/ca/therapists -IG : @Blackfemaletherapists Instagram: @baremixuppod Email: baremixuppod@gmail.com Intro Music by: @chiefvillo Cover Artwork by: @byroux_
We wrapped up the coldest February in decades with the anticipated return of Mercury Opera to Chez Pierre; this time the company impressed with La bohème set as a 1979 East Village artist-romp. And poet Brandon Wint’s Alive! collaboration at Mile Zero Dance brought tears to the eyes of special guests from Let’s Get Lit […]
We wrapped up the coldest February in decades with the anticipated return of Mercury Opera to Chez Pierre; this time the company impressed with La bohème set as a 1979 East Village artist-romp. And poet Brandon Wint’s Alive! collaboration at Mile Zero Dance brought tears to the eyes of special guests from Let’s Get Lit […]
Pam and RC open up the CD Tickle Trunk to play some fresh audio from Brandon Wint, Moe Clark, and Alessandra Naccarato plus some older material by Gruff the Poet, Sonya Littlejohn, and Tony Brown with Duende.
Brandon Wint joins co-hosts Kevin Spenst and Pamela Bentley to talk about love, his favourite poets, performing poems, his CD Infinite Mercies, how being a lover is like being a poet, and more.