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| '''Orville Lloyd Douglas''' (born ] ]) is a ] ] and ]. His work concentrates on class, gender, pop culture, race, and sexuality. | |||
| ==Biography== | |||
| Douglas was born in ], ] to ] parents. He graduated from ] with a B.A. degree in ] in June 2004. | |||
| A former book reviewer for the Toronto ] publication ''Word Magazine'', Douglas has contributed to several Canadian and international publications, including '']'', '']'', '']'' and '']''. | |||
| Douglas' first volume of poetry, ''You Don't Know Me'', was published by TSAR with typographical and spelling errors. The volume is no longer in print. The poetry collection explored many issues such as depression, identity, suicide,love, homophobia in Caribbean culture, and gay racism. Although Douglas was extremely angered, depressed, and distraught at the initial overall quality of the poetry collection,<ref name = AngrygayblackCanadianman>{{cite web | |||
| | title = AngrygayblackCanadianman | |||
| | url = http://orvillelloyddouglas.wordpress.com/2007/08/05/i-have-only-had-one-book-published-you-dont-know-me-but-i-am-still-trying/ | |||
| | accessdate = 2007-12-01 }}</ref> ''You Don't Know Me'' reached libraries in ], England, Canada, ], and the United States.<ref name = Worldcat> {{cite web | |||
| | title =Worldcat record for ''You don't know me'' | |||
| | url = http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/oclc/58545499&tab=holdings?loc=11005#tabs}}</ref> | |||
| <ref name = Bl.Uk>{{cite web | |||
| | title = British Library record for ''You don't know me'' | |||
| |url=http://catalogue.bl.uk/F/ENBR345Y6FYP5JMBH7DCLJLMC1CDBQYIIT66EFT52M532L4ICG-15841?func=full-set-set&set_number=150133&set_entry=000001&format=999</ref> | |||
| In 2007, Douglas' fifteen minute radio documentary "The Good Son" was broadcast across Canada on the ] program '']''. The first section of the documentary was an interwoven quilt of Douglas reading his poetry and interviewing his father. The second part of the documentary was a monologue as Douglas talks about his frustrations. He explores issues such as homophobia in the black community, heterosexual marriage, family discord, and racism against young, gay black men. | |||
| Douglas' poetry has been featured in the ''Wilderness House Literary Review'',''The Vermillion Literary Project'', and ''Seminal'' (2007), the first anthology of gay male Canadian poetry. | |||
| In the essay "Shades of Blackface", published in '']'', Douglas criticizes ] for taking the female lead in the film '']''. Douglas argues that since the real ] is what he terms a "bi-racial" woman an actress of similar heritage such as ] should have had the role instead of a white actress. | |||
| He also expands his thoughts about Hollywood racism and sexism against black women in '']'' opinion article "Is White the New Black?" | |||
| == Bibliography== | |||
| *''You Don't Know Me'' (2005) | |||
| ==Radio documentaries== | |||
| * "The Good Son" - CBC Radio - 2007 | |||
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