Reader off the bat with the declaration that “for what you are about to
The introduction is uninspired and,įrankly, somewhat poorly written. Narrative is further preceded by two epigrams on writing “changing the world” Rather unctuous and gushing, which put me on my guard from the get-go. Some of the praise-blurbs on the opening flyleaf are Certainly, like learning itself, the productĬan only be meaningfully grasped by undergoing the process - Silverfish isĪ process, and a lastingly enjoyable one at that.
Which both certainly are, but because I don’t think this process shouldīe described. The independent press with which he has released it are worth your support, Not just because Shavers’s first novel and To reveal the magic trick whereby the reader becomes the protagonist of Silverfish.įor that, you should buy the book. It is a novel about adapting, about learning, and about pushing the possibilities of language, conveyed in a way that stretches the reader’s ability to adapt, to learn, and to push the possibilities of language. It certainly requires some “work,” as he puts it - appropriately so, as the learning curve Silverfish imposes on the reader forms the core import of the narrative itself. Silverfish appears to be the result of Shavers’s recent interest in the kind of short, disjointed, experimental prose characteristic of the crônica. I like writing them as experimental fiction.” Some are just gossipy snippets of overheard things. They’re these very disjointed narratives that don’t completely fit together - they’re not intended to the reader has to do some work.” Deriving from an avant-garde genre of journalism popular in Brazil, Shavers adds that “some are just daily writings or simple reportage. Dr.In late 2019, Rone Shavers said to Saint Rose Magazine, “Lately, I’ve been writing crônicas. Sharon Bridgforth, Love Conjure / Blues ( Visual Installation and discussion of performance art) Debra Thompson, The Long Road Home: On Blackness and Belonging (Book reading and discussion) Anthony Stewart, Visitor: My Life in Canada (Book reading and discussion) Rone Shavers, Silverfish (finalist for the firecracker award in fiction book reading and discussion) Peggy Pelet Kitchener/Waterloo Librarian & Historian, "Black Berlin (Kitchener)." Dr. Elizabeth West, "Myths and Illusions: In Search of the Post Racial, the Transnational, and the Global." Vershawn Young for Zoom links to the events. For more information on the events, see the links below.
The series includes twenty-minute talks, readings, or performances followed by a twenty-minute Q&A. The Institute for Black Arts, Culture, and Literature is hosting a series of online events throughout October and November that will also be of interest to people in the English department.
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