To Greet Yourself Arriving
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To Greet Yourself Arriving pays tribute to inspirational and illustrious figures throughout black history. A wide range of individuals such as activists, artists, and athletes are showcased in Michael Fraser’s powerful poetic portraits—Rosa Parks, Barack Obama, Harriet Tubman, Oscar Peterson, Oprah Winfrey, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and P.K. Subban. In his foreword to this groundbreaking collection, Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate George Elliott Clarke writes, “Fraser gives us characters who, even if tortured by their experiences of “race” and/or racism, win through to a stardom that edges into heroism…
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Michael Fraser is a Toronto high school teacher, poet, and writer. He has been published in various national and international journals and anthologies, including The Best Canadian Poetry in English, 2013. His manuscript, The Serenity of Stone, won the 2007 Canadian Aid Literary Award Contest and was published in 2008 by Bookland Press. He won FreeFall‘s 2015 Poetry Contest and is the creator and former director of the Plasticine Poetry Series.
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"This book is an event in Anglo-Canadian poetry." —George Elliot Clarke, author, Whylah Falls"The poems are revelatory, educative, and inspirational. They tell (or retell differently) stories of heroes—some admired, loved; but many unsung, forgotten . . . That this is a historically significant book is evident on every page." —Mayank Bhatt, generallyaboutbooks.com"The poems in Fraser's To Greet Yourself Arriving stand fiercely on their own as poems, tight and clear and clean, but as a chorus this book raises itself to a beautiful black sound." —Michael Dennis, michaeldennispoet.blogspot.ca"Fraser’s poetry provides rich pieces to share and consider. This is a collection that teachers should be teaching across the country." —Jael Richardson, Toronto Star
