6/7/2023 0 Comments Skin Folk by Nalo HopkinsonThe lyrical spill of words, the sharply honed dialect, and the 'I know them' characters that existed on the pages breathed an immersive experience into this anthology and I find myself still within these pages walking with June-Plum as she anxiously pleads with Riva Muma, listening to Sookoo tell of La Diablesse, and standing with the villagers of Whitesands Bay wondering what became of that most extraordinary fish. Each author picking up the call, answering the summons, and spinning webs of time and place that are rooted within our people, our folklore, and the islands. The anthology was divided into sections that called upon memory, tradition, sayings, proverbs, lore, visions, and the crafted stories effortlessly brought the vision for the anthology to life.Ĭaptured within every story is history and culture and meaning. I wanted to devour every story immediately but knew I needed to spend time with each of them, to absorb the inherent specialness.īecause each of them in their own way spoke deeply to me as a Jamaican, to the talent of Caribbean people, and also to the absolute uniqueness of our existence within our regional space. In Skin Folk, with works ranging from science fiction to Caribbean folklore, passionate love to chilling horror, Nalo Hopkinson is at her award-winning best, spinning tales like 'Precious,' in which the narrator spews valuable coins and gems from. How do I begin to explain my experience with this anthology? Nalo really stuck her whole entire foot into this endeavour because the stories and excerpts included were just spectacular. The SFWA Grand Master's award-winning collection 'combines a richly textured multicultural background with incisive storytelling' (Library Journal).
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