Dominique Christina Explained
Dominique Christina (born 1974) is a writer, performer and social activist. She is a champion at the National Poetry Series and Women of the World Poetry Slam.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Christina’s 4th book Anarcha Speaks won the National Poetry Series in 2017. [6]
Education
Christina obtained a bachelor's degree in African American Studies from the University of the Pacific. She earned her Master of Education in English Language and Literature from the University of Arkansas at Monticello.[7] [8]
Christina began writing poetry in 1996; she was taking her master's degree when she decided to enroll in a creative writing class.
Career
Christina is influenced by her family's involvement in the civil rights movement. She performs as a speaker and slam poet, often discussing social issues such as racism and sexism. She has spoken at colleges and universities across the United States and has been a keynote speaker at women's conferences.[9] [10] [11] [3] She also appeared at the HBO series High Maintenance as an actress and contributing writer.[12] [13]
Christina went viral with The Period Poem. It was written in response to the tweet of a man saying he dumped his girlfriend because she menstruated during intercourse.[14] [15] [16]
Christina was hailed champion at the National Poetry Series Slam in 2012. In 2017, her book Anarcha Speaks won an award from the same body.[17] [18] In 2012 and 2014, she was hailed as Women of the World Poetry Slam Champion.[19] She earned the National Underground Poetry Slam Champion in 2013.
Works
Christina released poetry collection The Bones, the Breaking, the Balm: A Colored Girl's Hymnal in 2014, where she contemplated upon the African-American girl experience.[20] In They Are All Me (2015), Christina commemorated African-American heroes and martyrs.[21] [22]
This Is Woman’s Work: Calling Forth Your Inner Council of Wise, Brave, Crazy, Rebellious, Loving, Luminous Selves was published in 2015. It is a self-help book that explores the wisdom of female archetypes so as to integrate it in the psyche and empower oneself. It contains poetry, prose and writing exercises. The book extracts spiritual, historical and literary examples.[23]
Anarcha Speaks: A History in Poems was released in 2018. The poetry collection is reimagined in the perspective of slave Anarcha Westcott, who endured experimentation under the medical trials of Dr. J Marion Sims, the father of modern gynecology.[24] [25]
In 2021, after a two-year investigation by the Aurora Police Department, Dominique was convicted of stealing a house, sentenced to three years probation and a fine of over one hundred thousand dollars. She is a multiple convicted felon.[26]
Notes and References
- News: Vagianos . Alanna . Every feminist poet you need in your life right now . 13 March 2021 . babe . 1 June 2017 . en.
- News: Vagianos . Alanna . 14 Slam Poems That Pack A Serious Feminist Punch . 13 March 2021 . HuffPost . 4 March 2015 . en.
- News: BUNCH . JOEY . Boulder's Motus Theater to hear about immigration from Black Lives Matter founder . 13 March 2021 . Colorado Politics . en.
- News: Dominique Christina a Voice of Conviction - . 13 March 2021 . MET Media . 24 October 2016.
- News: About Dominique Christina Academy of American Poets . 13 March 2021 . poets.org . Academy of American Poets.
- Web site: The Poet's List: Dominique Christina . The Poet's List . 13 March 2021 . en . 28 March 2014.
- News: Poetics and Ancestral Logic: An Interview with Dominique Christina . 13 March 2021 . Gulf Stream Magazine . 3 August 2019 . en.
- Web site: Dominique Christina - Author - Beacon Press . Linkedin . 13 March 2021.
- News: MONCALEANO . SOPHIA . Motus Theater announces podcast performances featuring immigrant stories . 13 March 2021 . Colorado Hometown Weekly . 9 February 2021.
- News: Office of Multicultural Affairs launches effort to celebrate various cultures year-round . 13 March 2021 . The Hub . 4 February 2019 . en.
- News: Mulson . Jennifer . For Colorado Springs woman, poetry is therapy, activism and more . 13 March 2021 . Colorado Springs Gazette . en.
- Web site: Dominique Christina . IMDb . 13 March 2021.
- Web site: Dominique Christina — TEDxMileHigh: Wonder Speaker . TEDxMileHigh . 13 March 2021.
- News: Foundation . Poetry . Rubyfloetics: A Period Poem Mixtape by Yolanda Wisher . 13 March 2021 . Poetry Foundation . 13 March 2021 . en.
- News: Vagianos . Alanna . This Ode To Periods Puts All Shamers To Rest . 13 March 2021 . HuffPost . 30 June 2014 . en.
- News: Famous Speech Friday: Dominique Christina's "The Period Poem" . 13 March 2021 . Denise Graveline.
- News: Whipple . Kelsey . Video: Slam Nuba's Dominique Ashaheed wins 2012 Women of the World Poetry Slam . 13 March 2021 . Westword . 12 March 2012.
- News: Announcing the Winners of the 2017 National Poetry Series! . 13 March 2021 . National Poetry Series . 13 September 2017.
- News: Whipple . Kelsey . Video: Slam Nuba's Dominique Ashaheed wins 2012 Women of the World Poetry Slam . 13 March 2021 . Westword . 12 March 2012.
- Book: The bones, the breaking, the balm: a colored girl's hymnal . Worldcat Identities . 13 March 2021 . English . 2014. 876350611 .
- News: K . Katrina . Book Review: They Are All Me by Dominique Christina . 13 March 2021 . Swimming with Elephants Publications . 31 January 2016 . en.
- Web site: They Are All Me . www.goodreads.com . 13 March 2021.
- News: This Is Woman's Work: Calling Forth Your Inner Council of Wise, Brave, Crazy, Rebellious, Loving, Luminous Selves . 13 March 2021 . www.publishersweekly.com.
- News: Poetry That Speaks Truth to Power: A Word About "Anarcha Speaks" for National Poetry Month . 13 March 2021.
- News: Poets . Academy of American . Anarcha Speaks: A History in Poems Academy of American Poets . 13 March 2021 . poets.org.
- Web site: Judge orders slam poet to pay $117,000 in restitution after alleged plot to steal Aurora woman's home . 13 May 2021 .
