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The Treachery in Every Poem

"The Treachery in Every Poem" is a video celebration of Colin Robinson's poetry collection You Have You Father Hard Head (Peepal Tree Press 2016).


Writers & Artists offer original work inspired by or talking back to the collection. Some offer tributes and readings of their chosen poem from the collection. 


This video was launched on 29 July 2020 through an online event and live conversation with Colin Robinson and Andil Gosine - hosted by Bocas Lit Fest and CAISO: Sex & Gender Justice.

Contributors

 WRITERS & ARTISTS

  • Colin Robinson - “Lulu” (:45)
  • Anton Nimblett - Original Poem (3.33)
  • Amílcar Sanatan - Original Poem “Getting Out” (1.50)
  • Lesley-Ann Wanliss - Original Poem “Flight” (2.03)
  • Jacqueline Bishop - Original Poem “Taking Down the Monuments” (4.22)
  • Richard Fung - Original Film (2.21)
  • Colin Robinson - “Plural of Me” (.45) 
  • Kenyon Farrow - Tribute (3.21)
  • Arielle John - Original Poem (4.43)
  • Pamela Sneed - Original Poem (2.44)
  • Rosamond S. King - Original Poem “Recursive” (2.42)
  • Brad Walrond - Original Poem “She Wrote” (2.21) 
  • Monique Roffey - Original Poem (3.07)
  • Samiya Bashir - Original Video Poem - “Another Thin Filament Pyrometry” (2.19)
  • Colin Robinson - “Sums” (1.20)
  • Shani Mootoo - Tribute (4.19)
  • Thomas Glave - Original Poem (3.40)
  • Alake Pilgrim - Rendition of Poem by Colin Robinson “My Mother who Laughs in Her Sleep” (1.59)
  • Vladimir Lucien - Rendition of Poem by Colin Robinson “Connel, Morning” (4.36)
  • Angelique V. Nixon - Original Poem “Boundaries of Desire” (2.47)
  • Kyle Hernandez - Original Poem (1.27)
  • Brendon O’Brien - Original Poem “Lineage” (1.24)
  • Colin Robinson - “Lineage” (.59)

CREDITS

  • Bocas Lit Fest & CAISO
  • Curated/Directed by Rosamond S. King & Angelique V. Nixon
  • Videographer / Edited by Marcus Lee Fook

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