Colin Grant

Colin Grant is the author of four books, including A Smell of Burning: The Story of Epilepsy and Bageye at the Wheel, which was shortlisted for the 2013 PEN/Ackerley Prize. His play, The Queen of Chapeltown, will be staged at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in September 2017.

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Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition

I’m Black So You Don’t Have to Be

Colin Grant

'Can the black author really write out of her or his colour? In writing about black characters can they ever escape race?' Colin Grant looks at the evolution of racial politics.

Essays & Memoir | Issue 140

The Recall of Herman Harcourt

Colin Grant

‘I had the queer feeling of looking into a mirror of the projected future, of perhaps seeing how easily his fall could be a rehearsal for my own.’

Essays & Memoir | Issue 140

The Binoculars of Jah

Colin Grant

‘No matter how I attempted to interpret the email, it could only be read in one way: I was out of the Bunny Wailer club. Jah Bunny had put a curse on me.’