From the Publisher:

Hey-Colón beautifully lays out the multilayered spiritual significance of water in the work of Afro-diasporic and/or Latinx artists, drawing on highly complex Afro-diasporic/Caribbean belief systems. This superb book is a pleasure to read. ~Andrea Morris, Louisiana State University, author of Migrant and Tourist Encounters: The Ethics of Im/mobility in 21st Century Dominican and Cuban Cultures

Through a deep and careful study of Afro-syncretic ritual practices, Puerto Rican poetics, Dominican literary fiction, Chicana archives, and Haitian and Dominican remembrance practices, Hey-Colón ushers us into the expansive possibilities of water as sanctuary, techno-resonance, and regeneration. A moving contribution to the study of Latina texts and spiritual practices, Channeling Knowledges offers a necessary entryway into a set of systems, practices, and imaginations that unsettle facile understandings of Afro-diasporic worldviews in contemporary Caribbean and Latinx cultural and social productions and, in so doing, reveal critical aspects of our entwined futures. ~Yomaira Figueroa-Vásquez, Michigan State University, author of Decolonizing Diasporas: Radical Mappings of Afro-Atlantic Literature

A fascinating work. Hey-Colón makes a significant contribution through her centering of Afro-diasporic knowledges and encourages readers to think more broadly about who and what is signaled under the umbrella of Latinidad. Hey-Colón’s expertise comes through with poise and confidence. ~Christina Garcia Lopez, University of San Francisco, author of Calling the Soul Back: Embodied Spirituality in Chicanx Narrative
Hey-Colón’s approach to water is expansive and groundbreaking, as the book engages with saltwaters and freshwaters, unsettling the disciplinary boundaries that have traditionally linked these bodies of water to either Caribbean or Latinx Studies . . . As such, Channeling Knowledges, which is part of the "Latinx: The Future Is Now" series run by the University of Texas Press, represents a crucial and timely contribution to Afrolatinx, Caribbean, Border, and Religious Studies. ~A Contracorriente

Channeling Knowledges successfully explores Afro-diasporic spirituality in literary worlds that pull us into Olokun’s depths, while it elevates the intellectual, artistic, and activist labor of Latina/x and Caribbean writers. ~ReVista