In this collection of poems, Andrea Thompson investigates the intersection of page and stage, and the evolution of spoken word as a hybrid form of literary orature. Thompson’s collection blurs the space between public and private, while excavating the influence of Black North American history, art and culture on contemporary poetics. From the slave songs and spirituals of the cotton fields of the Old South, to the smoky coffee houses of the Harlem Renaissance, to today’s slam stages and rap battles, these poems elevate the written and spoken word as vehicles for individual empowerment, collective agency and social justice. Thompson asks us: Why speak? Why write? And then takes us on a journey spanning decades, generations and cultures in the exploration of possible answers. A Selected History of Soul Speak was shortlisted for the Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovation in Poetry, and was longlisted for both the Pat Lowther and Raymond Souster Awards.

Soulorations is a spoken word poetry album created in 2019 with the assistance of the Canada Council for the Arts. The poems focus on the importance of writing and speaking one's truth. The music was composed by Evren Oz, with special guests Courteney Brooks-Buxton and Angela Maccaroni. The cover art was painted by Ilene Sova. You can find the album on Spotify, Napster, Amazon and most streaming services. Click below for the iTunes / Apple Music link.

Published by Inanna pubications. Now available in paperback, audiobook and ebook through all online booksellers, Over Our Heads is a story about kindness, compassion – and the lack of it, on both a societal and individual level. It’s about growing up wounded, and the generational legacy of suffering those wounds can create. It unearths the painful family dynamics that can arise from our perception of memory, and how these dynamics colour both who we are and who we believe others to be. It’s a story of acceptance, forgiveness, redemption and the beauty that can be found in the imperfection inherent in being human.

Limited edition, hand-crafted poety chapbook with images by Indigenous artist, Catherine Tammaro. The books were created during the Poetry inPrint residency - an initiative of the Poetry inPrint Collective that paired poets with visual artists in order to create new work in response to on-going conversations of systemic oppression as experiences in the CanLit and visual arts communities. For more information on the initiative, check out https://poetryinprintcommunity.wordpress.com/

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This anthology of poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, spoken word texts, as well as black and white artwork and photography, explores the question of how mixed-race women in North America identify in the twenty-first century. Contributions engage, document, and/or explore the experiences of being mixed-race, by placing interraciality as the center, rather than periphery, of analysis. The anthology also serves as a place to learn about the social experiences, attitudes, and feelings of others, and what racial identity has come to mean today.

One is a spoken word poetry album produced with the assistance of The Canada Council for the Arts. The album features music composed and produced by Evren Oz, and is an eclectic collection of poems investigating topics from environmental conservation to discrimination and racism. One was a 2005 nominee for the Canadian Urban Music Awards.

Published in 1999 by Ekstasis Editions, this book is currently out of print. Cover text: Like a postmodern Persephone walking illuminated streets at night, Andrea Thompson simultaneously ascends and descends into the darkest regions of the human heart. Dynamic, articulate and funny, the poems in Eating the Seed erupt from the fire in the belly into an ecstatic lavaflow of language.