Minstrels and Bards reading – April 26, 2022

Apr 19, 2022 | Event, Poetry Blog | 0 Comments

Minstrels & Bards – Tuesday, April 26 at 7:15 p.m.

On April 26th, join poet Stedmond Pardy, musician Steve Paul Simms, Allan Weiss, John Oughton, Emmanuelle, and myself at the Tranzac Club (292 Brunswick Ave., Toronto) for the first in person Minstrels & Bards event since 2020. I’m so excited to read in person for the first time since my book, A Map of Rain Days, was published in 2020 during the pandemic. Hope you can join us!

Five Poets reading – March 9, 2022

Mar 14, 2022 | Event, Poetry Blog, Video Blog | 0 Comments

Five Poets – March 9, 2020

What a night! Poets Ellen Chang-Richardson, Tyler Pennock, Charlie Petch, Andrea Thompson and I shared poems, music and art. I also hosted. You can watch the video here.

Five Poets – March 9th, 2022

Feb 19, 2022 | Event, Poetry Blog, Video Blog | 0 Comments

Five Poets

I am thrilled to be hosting and reading on March 9 with the fabulous poets Ellen Chang-Richarson, Tyler Pennock, Charlie Petch, and Andrea Thompson! It’s going to be a great night! This is a free online event. Please register via the link provided. Thank you to the league of Canadian Poets for their support.

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ARC POETRY MAGAZINE book review by Kate Rogers – January, 2022

Feb 1, 2022 | Poetry Blog, Publication | 0 Comments

Book review by Kate Rogers

Jennifer Hosein’s A Map of Rain Days is “an unflinching evocation of the physical and emotional violence men can do to women under the pretext of love,” writes reviewer Kate Rogers, as well as “love for her mother and daughter [that] shines through even the bleakest of her poems.”

Read the full review on the Arc website; click on the image for the link.

The Fiddlehead BIPOC Solidarities Issue – January, 2022

Jan 23, 2022 | Poetry Blog, Publication | 0 Comments

Creative nonfiction in The Fiddlehead magazine

Big news! The BIPOC Solidarities Issue is finally here! My piece of creative nonfiction “Fabric” is on page 13.

The Quarantine Review Holiday Issue – December 28, 2021

Dec 28, 2021 | Art Blog, Poetry Blog, Publication | 0 Comments

So happy to have my poem, “Six A.M.,” published in The Quarantine Review, alongside my painting, “Winter City.”

The Art Bar Poetry Series – November 23, 2021

Nov 23, 2021 | Art Blog, Event, Poetry Blog, Video Blog | 0 Comments

I made this poetry and art video for the virtual Art Bar Poetry Series. The poems are accompanied by paintings and drawings that speak to their message. Hope you enjoy the video!

Painter Poets – Jennifer Hosein & Brenda Clews, October 27, 2021

Oct 22, 2021 | Art Blog, Event, Poetry Blog | 0 Comments

On Wednesday, October 27, Brenda Clews and Jennifer Hosein will present poetry along with videos of their visual art on Zoom. There will be 8 open mic spots. RSVP or sign up for the open mic.

Thank you to the League of Canadian Poets for their generous support.

Voice of Trees, High Park

Sep 14, 2021 | Event, Poetry Blog | 0 Comments

Voice of Trees – High Park, Toronto

Welcome to High Park sound walk. By following the route on the Echoes app, you will hear a selection of original poems read aloud by the poets themselves.
Each poem represents a different location within High Park and encourages visitors to discover spots for quiet contemplation. Inspired by the monumental trees and surrounding landscape, these poems serve as a celebration of the unique features of the area. Voice of Trees High Park is a collaboration between Giovanna Iorio, Michael Rothenberg, Robert Priest and Larry Sawyer.

It is such an honour to have my poem, Exile, included in the High Park Sound Walk, along with these amazing poets:

Bill Bissett- A Tree
Phil Hall- Toward A Blacker Ardour
Mark Goldstein- My Ravine
Larry Sawyer-Memory Suit
Lina Ramona Vitkauskas- Taiga
Geoff Bouvier-Those Old Familiar Ditties
Dale Smith- Grass Seeds
Charlie Petch-Daughter of Geppetto Part 4
Jennifer Hosein- Exile
Lillian Allen- I Saw A Perfect Tree
Robert Priest- A Tree Will Take The Heat For You
John Robert Colombo-Memory of Falling from a Tree
Lawrence Bayne- Tree
Patrick Connors – The Path
Michael Holmes- St. Marys Deacon Blues
Honey Novick- High Park
Marty Smith- The tree and me by onecloud
Clifton Joseph – Not poem

The High Park Reading Festival III — Sunday, September 19th, 2021

Sep 13, 2021 | Event, Poetry Blog | 0 Comments

The High Park Reading Festival III – September 19th, 2021, 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

There will be 29 authors reading on Sunday, September 19th in High Park. I am thrilled to be one of the readers. The event will be hosted by Andrew Brooks and Alvin Wong in Picnic Site #19 which is just across from the Grenadier Cafe.

READING LIST: