EXILE INFOSHOP, UMI CAFE and BOOKS to PRISONERS - OTTAWA PRESENT


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Book Release and Spoken Word Event
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Who Am Eye: a spokenword memoir by
Akili Castlin

A celebration of the writing of Akili Castlin, with performances by local
poets and allies.

Akili is a politically conscious prisoner held captive in the Security
Housing Unit (SHU) at Pelican Bay State Prison, where he continues to
write, study and live a life of reverence and respect for those who’ve
paved the way.

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UMI CAFÉ
Saturday, January 30 / 2010
7pm – onwards
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WHO AM EYE is a spokenword memoir, presented in three parts, that explores
the realities of life as a multiethnic black man. The poems combine sharp
political criticism with an honest examination of the author’s particular
experiences as he tries to “navigate the vertiginous space between being
poor, black and living from paycheck to paycheck and middle-class, white
and privileged: the equivalent of going from the field to the overseer’s
house, and back again.”

More info available at:
http://akilicastlin.wordpress.com

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