Janet Rogers
Author
Janet Rogers is a Mohawk/Tuscarora writer from the Six Nations band in southern Ontario. Born in Vancouver, BC, she has been living on the traditional lands of the Coast Salish people (Victoria, BC) since 1994. Janet is writing, working and studying in the genres of poetry, short fiction, science fiction, play writing, spoken word performance poetry, video poetry and recorded poems with music.
Janet is published in many anthologies and shares her performance poetry all over North America. A collection of her poems, Splitting the Heart, was published by Ekstasis Editions in 2007. As a lyricist, Janet has collaborated with musicians and has read with dance troupes, creating unique mixed media presentations. Janet's first video poem is entitled "Rightful Place." Her second video poem "What Did You Do Boy" is in support of a spoken word track from her CD Firewater. Janet hosts Vancouver Island's only native radio program on CFUV 101.9fm in Victoria called Native Waves Radio and is host of a native music column entitled Tribal Clefs on CBC Radio One's program, All Points West in British Columbia every Tuesday.
Her newest spoken word CD Firewater was released in June 2009. It is an independent recording with 5 native musicians.
Website: www.janetmarierogers.com — www.myspace.com/janetrogersfirewater
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Updated: February 19, 2010