{"product_id":"bright-fear","title":"Bright Fear","description":"\u003cp\u003eFollowing their award-winning debut, \u003ci\u003eFleche\u003c\/i\u003e (2019), comes Mary Jean Chan's gleaming second collection: \u003ci\u003eBright Fear. \u003c\/i\u003eThrough poems which engage fearlessly with intertwined themes of identity, multilingualism and postcolonial legacy, Chan's latest work explores a family's evolving dynamics, as well as microaggressions stemming from queerphobia and anti-Asian racism that accompanied the Covid pandemic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYet \u003ci\u003eBright Fear\u003c\/i\u003e remains deeply attuned to moments of beauty, tenderness and grace. It asks how we might find a home within our own bodies, in places both distant and near, and in the 'constructed space' of the poem. The contemplative central sequence, \u003ci\u003eArs Poetica\u003c\/i\u003e, traces the radically healing and transformative role of poetry during the poet's teenage and adult years, culminating in a polyphonic reconciliation of tongues. Throughout, Chan offers us new and galvanising ways to 'withstand the quotidian tug- \/ of-war  between terror and love'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'[Chan] is one of those rare poets who leave you looking up with a sense that you can engage even the smallest part of the world around you with a much greater intensity.' \u003ci\u003ePN Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 72 pages | Published January 1970\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63172055007581,"sku":"9780571378906","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9780571378906.jpg?v=1769042004","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/bright-fear","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}