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Providential: poems by Colin Channer is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Providential: poems about?

<div><B>Longlisted for the 2016 OCM Bocas Prize for Poetry</B><BR><BR>"The Caribbean policeman is a character both foreign and familiar at the center of this intimate debut poetry collection. Combining Jamaican patois and American English, it tells the story of violence, loss, and recovery in the wake of colonialism."<BR>--<B><I>O, the Oprah Magazine</I></B><BR><BR>One of <B>LargeUp</B>'s Ten Great Books by Caribbean Authors in 2015<BR><BR>"Jamaican-born Channer draws on the rich cultural heritage of the Caribbean and his own unique experience for this energetic, linguistically inventive first collection of poetry....Channer's lyrics pop and reel in sheer musicality....A dextrous, ambitious collection that delivers enough acoustic acrobatics to keep readers transfixed 'till the starlings sing out.'"<BR>--<B><I>Booklist</I></B><BR><BR>"Channer...skillfully examines the brutality that permeates Jamaica's history in this moving debut poetry collection....Channer's poems rise to present the reader with a panoramic view of a place 'built on old foundations of violence,' of 'geographies where genocide and massacre/hang like smoke from coal fires.'"<BR>--<B><I>Publishers Weekly</I></B><BR

Who reads Providential: poems?

Author

Colin Channer

Publisher

Akashic Books : Made available through hoopla

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781617754166

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Poetry, Science, Literary Fiction