Chan, Mary Jean

Bright Fear

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ISBN 13:: 9780571378906
author:: Chan, Mary Jean
format:: Paperback
publisher:: Faber & Faber
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2023
Pages:: 72
Dimensions:: 20.5 x 15.8 x 0.6 centimetres (0
Genre:: Poetry, General, ,
Condition:: New
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Bright Fear is a powerful collection of poems that fearlessly explores themes of identity, multilingualism and postcolonial legacy. Through its evocative language, Mary Jean Chan delves into the complexities of family dynamics, microaggressions stemming from queerphobia and anti-Asian racism, and the search for belonging.

Yet, despite the darkness that pervades these poems, Bright Fear is also a deeply attuned exploration of moments of beauty, tenderness and grace. The poet reflects on how we might find a home within our own bodies, in places both distant and near, and in the 'constructed space' of the poem.

One of the book's central sequences, Ars Poetica, is a contemplative exploration of the transformative role of poetry in the poet's life. Here, Chan offers new and galvanizing ways to navigate the tensions between fear and love, and to find strength in the power of words.

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