dubzz/poet/at/large! CLIFTON JOSEPH
POET/JOURNALIST

has written for newspapers including CONTRAST, NOW, THE TORONTO STAR, THE GLOBE AND MAIL

for magazines such as WORD, FUSE, THIS, TORONTO LIFE

for radio with CKLN, CIUT, CBC RADIO

for television: producer/host with TVOntario's literary program 'IMPRINT'; pop culture columnist for CTV's 'E-NOW'; movie reviewer for 'CANADA AM'; for CBC'S 'undercurrents', 'Big Life With Daniel Richler', 'Sunday Morning Live', 'The National', 'Sunday' and 'Marketplace'

in poetry Joseph is one of the founders of the dub poetry movement in Canada and has performed widely across Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and the West Indies; published 'Metropolitan Blues', a book of poems; released an album of poetry&music, 'Oral Trans/missions'; CD/single 'Shots On Eglinton'; videopoems 'Pimps' and 'Survival(In The City); penned poems for cbc Radio and TV, for Michael Douglas' short film 'Blu Shifts Desire' and Steve Williams's movie debut 'Songs In The Key Of Life'; and has contributed to a number of written and audio anthologies including De Dub Poets'(with Lillian Allen and Devon Haughton with the Truths and Rights Band); for Virgin Records' 'Word Up' CD of North American spoken word poets; 'Poetry Nation' and anthology bout 'Work'.

AWARDS/NOMINATIONS:

Juno and Gemini Awards nominee;

Two-time Gemini Award winner, 1998 and 1999,
“Best Writing in an Information Program or Series”

Silver Fleece Award
at the Chicago International Film Festival
for the tvo-produced 'Dub Poets' documentary;

Two-time Best Dub Poet Award Winner and
Peter Tosh Memorial Award Winner,
The Canadian Reggae Music Awards

New York TV Festival Silver Award

A Time Inc. 'Freddie Awards' Gold winner for Health Reporting

Bronze Plaque (for 'Rhyme Pays: Hip Hop and the marketing of Cool') and
Honorable Mention (for 'The problem with Boys') from
The Columbus International Film and Video Festival

MEMBERSHIP:

The Dub Poets Collective
The League of Canadian Poets
The Canadian Writers Guild
ACTRA