Latoyaa Roberts and Cindy Andrews Talk Women and GBV Issues

The Virtual Book Preview Session 2

In honour of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women Latoyaa Roberts and Cindy Andrews hosted the second installment to the “Collection of Poems by Latoyaa Roberts”- Virtual Book Preview adorned in orange apparel where they discussed women and gender-based violence through 3 pieces from the book chosen by Cindy; Shrinking Civic Space, Is 10 Too Much and A Woman’s Role in the Home.

Cindy said, “For me, when I look at poetry- when I look at art, it always reflects society to some aspect. Art captures, it reflects, it tries to highlight and address different issues in society and this is exactly what this collection does. It has been sectioned into 5 different aspects but when you really look at the collection on a whole, it all comes together and you could see the interconnectedness of each story even if it exists within a different theme and it’s something that I appreciate”

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The Virtual Book Tour Session 1 was a Success!

with Latoyaa Roberts and Kleon Mc Pherson

The first virtual preview of the book, Collection of Poems by Latoyaa Roberts” with Kleon McPherson Spoken Word Artist was completed successfully. Viewers were offered the opportunity to listen live and interact with author Latoyaa Roberts and Spoken Word Artist Kleon Mc Pherson as Kleon gave his insight on his favourite four (4) poems out of the forty-five (45) poems in the book; Live the American Dream, I Love Tobago, When a Woman Wants to Achieve and The Grassroot Youth.

” You write timeless pieces that can stand the test of time,” said Kleon who analyzed the poems to reveal hidden meanings that just a regular read of the poem could not establish and then proceeded to give “Collection of Poems by Latoyaa Roberts” a raving and honest review, “There’s many levels you touched; there’s something for everyone, I realised, coming out of the book of poems. Something for women, something for men- depending on what the angle you look at it from… It has something that at some point is relatable to someone somewhere.”

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