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Andrea C.
Thompson




Writer, Educator, Editor, MFA

Spoken Word Artist




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BIO



Andrea C. Thompson is a writer, editor, educator and spoken word artist who has been publishing and performing her work for over twenty-five years. Thompson is the recipient of the 2021 Pavlick Poetry Prize and her work was featured in the anthology, Best Canadian Poetry: 2020. In 2021, her collection, A Selected History of Soul Speak was shortlisted for the Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry and longlisted for both the Pat Lowther and Raymond Souster awards. In 2005 Thompson’s spoken word album, One, was nominated for a Canadian Urban Music Award, in 2019 her album, Soulorations, earned her a League of Canadian Poets’ Golden Beret Award. A graduate of the University of Guelph’s MFA Creative Writing program, Thompson is the author of numerous critical essays on spoken word poetry, is the author of the novel Over Our Heads and is the co-editor of the anthology Other Tongues: Mixed-Race Women Speak Out. Thompson designed and delivered the first spoken word course to be offered at the University of Toronto, through the English & Drama department on the Mississauga campus where she currently teaches fiction and poetry. Her most recent work is The Good Word, a spoken word album exploring the intersection of Black history and faith, and Complex, a multimedia meditation mental health.


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The Good Word



A Spoken Word Album
Exploring Black History & Faith



In celebration of Black History month this past February, I released my latest spoken word album, The Good Word. With this album, my goal is to take you on an unforgettable journey that intersects faith and Black history, and provides a powerful message of ancestry, faith, love and the enduring spirit that is the backbone of what it means to be Black in North America.
Download on Bandcamp: andreathompsonpoet or stream through Apple Music under: Andrea C. Thompson.

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Ode To Harriet Tubman: from The Good Word


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CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY WITH SPOKEN WORD POETRY ON GLOBAL TV



In celebration of Black History Month, I was invited on Global News Toronto's morning show to chat with Marianne Dimain about the intersection of Black history and spoken word and the importance of youth using their voices to share their stories.


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