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A. Gregory Frankson

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Greg Frankson is an educator, subject matter expert, entrepreneur, activist, speaker, and award-winning literary artist and essayist based in Toronto, Canada.

He is the editor of the critically acclaimed AfriCANthology: Perspectives of Black Canadian Poets (Renaissance Press, 2022) and the author of four poetry collections: Cerebral Stimulation (2006), Lead on a Page (2012), A Weekly Dose of Ritallin (2015), and Cerebral Confections (2021). Greg’s work also appeared in the anthologies Mic Check (2008), That Not Forgotten (2012), The Great Black North (2013), Nothing Without Us Too (2022), and African Leadership: Powerful Paradigms for the 21st Century (2023).

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	Nothing Without Us Too by Cait Gordon (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Talia C. Johnson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jayne Barnard (Goodreads Author) 4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2022 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	AfriCANthology: Perspectives of Black Canadian Poets by A. Gregory Frankson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Itah Sadu (Contributor), Jamaal Amir Akbari (Contributor) 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2022 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alphabet Soup: A Memoir in Letters 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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I'm excited to share that we've received the first review for my upcoming book, Alphabet Soup: A Memoir in Letters.

In the buildup to its release, I've been learning a great deal about the publishing process, and about how to market and promote a nonfiction book. It's quite unlike anything I did with my poetry work, and a vastly different experience from editing AfriCANthology. Each new project re Read more of this blog post »

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Black Boys Like Me: Confrontations with Race, Identity, and Belonging

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