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Dominique Christina

Poet/Author/Educator/Cultural Historian

Words make worlds...listen. 

 
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Bio

Who she is...

DominiqueChristina is an an award-winning poet, author, educator, and activist. She holds five national poetry slam titles in four years, including the 2014 & 2012 Women of the World Slam Champion and 2011 National Poetry Slam Champion. Her work is greatly influenced by her family's legacy in the Civil Rights Movement. She is the author of four books. Her third book, "This Is Woman's Work", published by SoundsTrue Publishing, is the radical exploration of 20 archetypal incarnations of womanness and the creative process. Her fourth book "Anarcha Speaks" won the National Poetry Series award in 2017. https://nationalpoetryseries.org/author/dominique-christina/


She is a writer and actor for the HBO series High Maintenance and does branding and marketing for Under Armour.

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Video Links

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Ted Talk: "Ascension"

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The Period Poem

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Karma

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Mothers of Murdered Sons

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Ted Talk: Revolution is Your Heart Beating

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Emmett Till

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MLK Keynote

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Stargazer

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Period Poem Part Two

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"When they ask you who you are...tell them you are many mountains moving. Tell them you are wind song. Tell them they should not have to ask. Tell them you do not have to answer."

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Contact

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Press

Here is a sample of recent articles, interviews and profiles below. For media inquiries, please get in touch.

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Links:

Huffington Post appearances include: 


https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/poets-of-color-2017-title_us_58b07eb6e4b060480e079dbf



https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/9-dynamic-poems-you-need-to-hear-this-black-history-month_us_56c76bb8e4b0ec6725e27d8c

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https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/30/period-poem-dominique-christina_n_5543350.html

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Gulf Stream Magazine:

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https://gulfstreamlitmag.com/2019/08/03/poetics-and-ancestral-logic-an-interview-with-dominique-christina/

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 IBTimes: 

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https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/great-religious-taboo-why-are-girls-taught-that-periods-are-gods-curse-1581542

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The Fight and The Fiddle:

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https://fightandfiddle.com/2019/11/01/get-free-an-interview-with-dominique-christina/

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Connotation Press: 

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https://www.connotationpress.com/crazy-rabbits-review/3011-dominique-christina-poetry

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The Raw Material of Possible: 

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https://www.robhopkins.net/2018/11/01/dominique-christina-on-using-the-raw-material-of-possible-to-say-all-of-the-urgent-things/

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Praxis Magazine:

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http://www.praxismagonline.com/blood-in-my-eye-the-poetics-of-trauma-and-memory-by-dominique-christina/

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