{"product_id":"console-poems-paperback-2","title":"Console: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eColin Channer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe second collection by \"one of the most significant literary figures in the Caribbean\" (\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAssured but chance-inflected, ever rooted in the local but always world-aware, \u003ci\u003eConsole \u003c\/i\u003ereconsiders languages, geographies, and memories as luminous soundscapes. With lyric dexterity, Colin Channer jolts old notions of New England, cross-fading from the Berkshires to Anguilla, from Connecticut to Senegal. A dissolve to the poet's childhood in Jamaica occurs after glimpsing an old record player in Providence, leading to the title poem's meditations on reggae, religion, marriage, justice, and transgressions in the home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With allusive links to photography, music, sea mammals, mistranslation, and the universal ritual of \"the walk,\" \u003ci\u003eConsole \u003c\/i\u003ereorganizes our sense of time, collapses and rebreaks the remembered and certain, renames the familiar, reaches for settled etymologies, and turns words inside out. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes 8 black-and-white photographs\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eColin Channer\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet and fiction writer born in Jamaica. His awards include the Cullman Fellowship from the New York Public Library and the Henry Merritt Wriston Fellowship from Brown University, where he is an associate professor of literary arts. Channer's poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAgni\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eConjunctions\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. His books include the poetry collection \u003ci\u003eProvidential\u003c\/i\u003e, the novella\u003ci\u003e The Girl with the Golden Shoes\u003c\/i\u003e, and the novel \u003ci\u003eWaiting in Vain\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.34 x 8.25 x 5.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 16, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47353376145657,"sku":"9780374613952","price":18.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/N0DX6BNgTU9780374613952_df8e5c71-dda8-4b74-9a82-448c047f9660.webp?v=1769824646","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/console-poems-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}