Colin Channer
Autor/a de Got to be Real: Four Original Love Stories
Sobre l'autor
Obres de Colin Channer
Iron Balloons: Hit Fiction from Jamaica's Calabash Writer's Workshop (2006) — Editor; Col·laborador — 35 exemplars
So Much Things to Say: 100 Poets from the First Ten Years of the Calabash International Literary Festival (2010) — Editor; Col·laborador — 24 exemplars
Girl with the Golden 1 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom normalitzat
- Channer, Colin
- Data de naixement
- 1963-10-13
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- Jamaica
- Llocs de residència
- Kingston, Jamaica
New York, New York, USA
Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA - Educació
- Hunter College (BA Media Communications)
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Ressenyes
Ressenya escrita per a Crítics Matiners de LibraryThing .Providential, Colin Channer’s collection of poems, was a struggle at first.
The poems in this collection are well-crafted and show Channer’s deep commitment to his heritage and to the people who occupy it both past and present. The first time I read through this collection, I could not find my bearings in the world of Jamaican constables in a colonial era. The problem was not the dialect, nor was it the subject. Channer does such an excellent job of “speaking” his characters and allowing them to tell their story that all cultural and linguistic issues are erased. What eluded me was where he was going with it. How did these vignettes of people, events, and situations propel me—the reader— toward a larger meaning?
I read through the collection twice, and the second time, I took pause: I thumbed through the book and noticed that the chapters were divided by drawings of military chevron insignias and that these went up in rank as the book progressed. I thought, “What if the insignias had gone down in rank?” I re-read the last poem. Like the collection, it is also entitled Providential and is set in modern day Rhode Island. At summer’s end, Channer is reflecting on his world and casting nets backward into his personal and ancestral past. I decided to read the book again, taking a cue from this last poem: I read the poems in reverse order. I discovered an author who, through his own talent and thoughtful reflection, unraveled and distilled his self, his family, and his heritage down to the essential, raw components through poems that are as beautiful as they are powerful.
Bravo, Mr. Channer.… (més)
The poems in this collection are well-crafted and show Channer’s deep commitment to his heritage and to the people who occupy it both past and present. The first time I read through this collection, I could not find my bearings in the world of Jamaican constables in a colonial era. The problem was not the dialect, nor was it the subject. Channer does such an excellent job of “speaking” his characters and allowing them to tell their story that all cultural and linguistic issues are erased. What eluded me was where he was going with it. How did these vignettes of people, events, and situations propel me—the reader— toward a larger meaning?
I read through the collection twice, and the second time, I took pause: I thumbed through the book and noticed that the chapters were divided by drawings of military chevron insignias and that these went up in rank as the book progressed. I thought, “What if the insignias had gone down in rank?” I re-read the last poem. Like the collection, it is also entitled Providential and is set in modern day Rhode Island. At summer’s end, Channer is reflecting on his world and casting nets backward into his personal and ancestral past. I decided to read the book again, taking a cue from this last poem: I read the poems in reverse order. I discovered an author who, through his own talent and thoughtful reflection, unraveled and distilled his self, his family, and his heritage down to the essential, raw components through poems that are as beautiful as they are powerful.
Bravo, Mr. Channer.… (més)
Ressenya escrita per a Crítics Matiners de LibraryThing .Colin Channer's new volume of poetry "Providential" is a searing examination of police violence, culture, and family in Jamaica. Channer's poems echo the lyrics and themes of Bob Marley and Bruce Springsteen by leading us into the injustices of institutional power and the hopes of family allegiance. Channer's words are elegant and visceral. An important voice in global poetry.
Ressenya escrita per a Crítics Matiners de LibraryThing .This book is difficult for me. I've read several books set in the Caribbean area,but none that contain so much in the Jamaican vernacular. Because it is poetry, it is a little hard to pick up meanings from context as one is able to do with a prose narrative. But the writing has a definite rhythm and several of the poems read almost like short stories. I keep returning to it and enjoy it more with each visit.
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 12
- Membres
- 483
- Popularitat
- #51,118
- Valoració
- 3.5
- Ressenyes
- 18
- ISBN
- 34
- Preferit
- 2
We should continue to put up with this disrespect...? Why?
"Cafe Piel" was fairly predictable and Bobby's obsession with his bosses' mistress
went on way too long. Maybe in the year 2000, the sexual tease language was innovative,
now it feels overdrawn and boring.
"I'm Still Waiting" also overplays the F.
Story morphs through boring music recording industry interactions interwoven
with compelling and evocative descriptions of Jamaica.
If only the characters and the romance had been the same.
"Money Can't Buy Me Love" was definitely the most fun to read,
with actual suspense as the professor and the escort gravitate in unusual ways.… (més)