David Chariandy
Brother is an intimately woven story of grief
September 14, 2023By: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor Content warning: mentions of police brutality and racism. I read Brother in my first year at SFU, after taking ENGL 112W instructed by the author, David Chariandy. As soon as I found out about the film adaptation directed by Clement Virgo, I was eager to see it play out on screen. Through new senses, I gained a renewed appreciation for this intimate portrait of Scarborough, Ontario — a place I’ve never been but have visited through Chariandy’s illusive storytelling and Virgo’s intentional cinematography. Michael (Lamar Johnson) grows up under the guidance, and at…
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Black excellence at SFU
February 20, 2022by Tamanna T., Staff Writer and Marco Ovies, Features Editor Dr. David Chariandy [caption id="attachment_121246" align="alignnone" width="350"] Courtesy of SFU[/caption] One of the most accomplished professors at SFU is Dr. David Chariandy. A professor who teaches creative writing and literature,…
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Dr. David Chariandy’s works show that both fiction and nonfiction are vital to understanding racism
October 6, 2020By: Molly Lorette, Peak Associate On August 20, SFU’s own Dr. David Chariandy, an English professor, was featured in USA Today’s “100 Black novelists and fiction writers you should read.” The list is prefaced with the notion that, “Nonfiction books…
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SFU’s David Chariandy shares insight into his latest book, I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You, and more
July 7, 2018Written by: Courtney Miller When David Chariandy reached the door to the coffee shop, we made awkward eye contact and dithered between going for a hug or a handshake because, while this was a professional meeting, Chariandy and I had…
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SFU authors’ spotlight
June 26, 2018By: Courtney Miller and Nuna Siyala With Malice by Eileen Cook (an SFU Writer’s Studio mentor) “Who we are is what comes out when shit goes bad.” Without giving away too much, this sentence from Eileen Cook’s With Malice sets…
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