Aisha Sasha John Writers in Residence Archives
Aisha Sasha John is a dance improviser and poet. She was born in Montreal, but spent most of her childhood in Vancouver, and currently lives in Toronto. John has a BA in African Studies and Semiotics from the University of Toronto and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph. Her first book, The Shining Material, was published by BookThug in 2011. Her new collection is THOU (BookThug 2014). Follow John at http://www.aishasashajohn.tumblr.com.
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November 30, 2014
A tiny closing present
My movement teacher told us a story at the end of class yesterday. He walked into a cafe, and was assaulted by the power of a painting. It was glorious, incredible, alive. An article hung beneath the ...
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November 30, 2014With Jazmine V K Carr
Aisha Sasha John with Jazmine V K Carr on SoundCloudHere I connect with the force that is artist Jazmine V K Carr. Near the end we get sidelined by cigarettes, joined by Marvin and Fiona, two simultaneous ...
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November 30, 2014
With Katrice Dustin: a P. for F. (Part III)
AI_SHA – with Katrice Dustin: a P. for F. (Part III) Can you participate in fashion if you don't have money? Katrice answers. And later I wile out talking about the transformative power of clothes. Some ...
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November 29, 2014With Katrice Dustin: a P. for F. (Part II)
with Katrice Dustin: a P. for F. (Part II)Do fashion writers have to be, um, fashionable? Katrice and I take up that question here. We also discuss the implications of the good outfit, smarts and wit ...
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November 29, 2014With Katrice Dustin: a P. for F. (Part I)
with Katrice Dustin: a P. for F. (Part I) I wish I remember if it were cold when Katrice Dustin, a writer, came to my house to talk about fashion. Oh wait--it was cold. Anyway, here we get warm discussing ...
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November 26, 2014With Mark
With Mark A bag of mixed nuts, a stranger (Mark), Marvin (again), a Saturday, a good one.
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November 25, 2014With Mat Laporte and Paloma: About a Goodness (Part V)
With Mat Laporte and Paloma: About a Goodness (Part V) Paloma left and Mat and I discuss how The Contemporary Poetry Group is a love action, and there's no better way to deal with evil than to make something ...
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November 24, 2014With Mat Laporte and Paloma: About a Goodness (Part IV)
With Mat Laporte and Paloma: About a Goodness (Part IV) Paloma asks me questions and I respond like a mid-September Virgo. Mat makes an observation which the entire conversation ribbons itself around. ...
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November 23, 2014With Mat Laporte and Paloma: About a Goodness (Part III)
With Mat Laporte and Paloma: About a Goodness (Part III) Paloma, Mat and I reflect on the wisdom of being a dummy. The views expressed in the Writer-in-Residence blogs are those held by the authors and ...
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November 23, 2014With Mat Laporte and Paloma: About a Goodness (Part II)
With Mat and Paloma: About a Goodness (Part II) Fred Moten teleports into my living room during the second part of my convo with Mat and Paloma. The views expressed in the Writer-in-Residence blogs are ...