Bertrand Bickersteth

All around thinkerist, particularly on the intersections between history and race. Author of THE RESPONSE OF WEEDS from @NeWestPress. X hurts my soul. Buh-bye.

[Bertrand Bickersteth @bickersb1]

What a pleasant surprise this was! Thanks to @albertamags @sprawlcalgary @klaszus and @mandsypants for editing excellence! 🙏🏿

[The Sprawl @sprawlcalgary]

Congrats @bickersb1 for winning the Alberta Magazine Award tonight for best Alberta story! Read Bertrand’s (award-winning!) essay on Henry Wise Wood in The Sprawl: https://t.co/7K4zzZnQva

[Bertrand Bickersteth @bickersb1]

@AthabascaU X/Twitter needs a "sad" like option

[Athabasca University @AthabascaU]

What makes AU like no other? Our amazing students, faculty, staff, alumni & supporters! Congrats to:

⭐ Semashkewich Family and Melewka Structures
⭐ @DrJanelleBaker
⭐ @bickersb1
⭐ Dr. Jessica Good
⭐ @kharahross
⭐ @au_press

https://t.co/vttYjo5c24 #AthabascaU

[Bertrand Bickersteth @bickersb1]

@marypdallas @AthabascaU Can’t help but agree with you, Mary 😊

[Bertrand Bickersteth @bickersb1]

New school year, new role! Very happy to reside with you over the next year @AthabascaU

[Athabasca University @AthabascaU]

🖋️🎉 Excited to welcome @bickersb1 as AU’s 2024-25 Writer in Residence! An award-winning poet, his work unearths and highlights Black history in Canada. Bertrand will support writers at AU and beyond with workshops and consultations. https://t.co/fadSjAIEjP #AthabascaU

[Wakefield Brewster @lyricalpitbull]

Thursday May 16 @ 7:00PM
Performance, Gathering, Celebration

WakeWord LIVE
The Grand Book Release

Please share, please attend!
https://t.co/EIWG1WMDw3

[Bertrand Bickersteth @bickersb1]

“The tradition of colon response” 😂

[Bertrand Bickersteth @bickersb1]

Congrats! Great news, great poems!
https://t.co/npkD1FQNLz

[David Martin @tarswanpoems]

I received my silver award for poetry from @albertamags today. Thanks to @FunFunFunicular for nominating me!

[BLACK ARCHIVES @blackarchivesco]

Harlem. Photographs by Jack Garofalo (1970s)

[Wakefield Brewster @lyricalpitbull]

Greets, Greets, PoetryPeeps…

Just flexing a bit of “TheatreMuscle”…

With a Group of Greats.

Susan Ouriou
Cheryl Foggo
Linda Gaboriau
Tchitala Nyota Kamba
Sherry Letendre
Karen W. Olson
Christopher Hunt

Trust me, I’m The Newbie on this mic…

https://t.co/pP7eEnFOS0

[Bertrand Bickersteth @bickersb1]

Great @nprfreshair interview with C. Cooper, reminding me that 🇨🇦 can be Karens too. Regardless, Happy Pride Month! Enjoy 🌈🎉🏳️‍🌈 🎉

https://t.co/qZdSTeuxHc

[Artists of Colour @artistsofcolour]

BRIXTON MARKET, Neil Kenlock, circa 1968

[Bertrand Bickersteth @bickersb1]

An engaging pairing… and will the Old Master bring his guitar? 🤟🏿

[Calgary Distinguished Writers Program @CDWP_UCalgary]

Our time with 2022-23 Canadian Writer-in-Residence @leahhorlick is coming to a close. Here's a throwback to one of her first community events of the year, a @singleonion #poetryreading at @shelflifebooks with @jones_yyc, Jaspreet Singh & Tyler Engström 🧡 https://t.co/lqzJALzHeA

[BCSA _ AENC @BlkCdnSA]

“We’re trying to make Congress more than just about researchers and their research, and thinking about how community produces research, and how community might act as an archive.”

[Bertrand Bickersteth @bickersb1]

I loved both of these texts. I read @toluini's in a single mad-dash sitting and I read @adamyael's over weeks, one poem at a time, first thing in the morning, in the same meditative way he wrote them. Wonderful experiences both.

[Bertrand Bickersteth @bickersb1]

Join us tonight if you can!

[Bertrand Bickersteth @bickersb1]

@CanadianPoets @SpongePoet @coachhousebooks This doesn't surprise me. This book has been a fixture on my bedside table and I've been reading it solidly for the last two months. It is excellent. Congrats @SpongePoet !

[Bertrand Bickersteth @bickersb1]

Yes, there's more. In fact, I think @UcheUmezurike should consider changing his middle name to "Prolific."

[UAlberta Press @UAlbertaPress]

In THERE'S MORE, Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike interrogates the possibility and necessity of holding multiple homes.
It’s a crucial topic in this time of vastly increased displacement and immigration.
https://t.co/IDSgtzfaDA

@UcheUmezurike @blackauthors #love #home