Poetry Blog
Genealogies: online reading – July 13th, 7 p.m.
Genealogies Please join Allan Weiss and Jennifer Hosein for a free online reading, Genealogies, on Wednesday, July 13th at 7 p.m. Registration is required. The event is funded by The Writers' Union of Canada. Allan Weiss is a Toronto fiction writer and Professor of...
Lost Launches IV, June 28th, 7 p.m.
The Lost Launches Poetry Readings - Tuesday, June 28, 2022, 7 p.m. Toronto Poet Laureate Al Moritz, the City of Toronto, The Art Bar and the League of Canadian Poets are teaming up to create a series of book launches to celebrate the Toronto poets and poetry...
Lost Launches at the Art Bar, Clinton’s Bar on Tuesday, June 28th
The Lost Launches Poetry Readings - Tuesday, June 28, 2022, 7 p.m. I am so excited to be a part of this in person poetry launch series! Toronto Poet Laureate Al Moritz, the City of Toronto, The Art bar and the League of Canadian Poets are teaming up to create...
Minstrels and Bards reading – April 26, 2022
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...
Five Poets reading – March 9, 2022
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
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...
ARC POETRY MAGAZINE book review by Kate Rogers – January, 2022
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...
The Fiddlehead BIPOC Solidarities Issue – January, 2022
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
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
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!