Paul Watkins
Vancouver Island University
Paul db Watkins is an Assistant Professor of English at Vancouver Island University. His areas of interest include Canadian literature (with a focus on Black Canadian literature), Indigenous literatures, jazz and improvisation, African American literature, graphic novels, Digital Humanities, intersections between music and poetry, DJing, and film. He is the author of Soundin’ Canaan: Black Canadian Poetry, Music, and Citizenship (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2025) and has published widely on multiculturalism, hip-hop, Canadian poetry, jazz, DJ culture, and improvisation. Under his DJ alias, DJ Techné, he has completed several projects exploring the intersections of poetry, hip-hop, and jazz.
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