Mary Jean Chan & Andrew McMillan: Bright Fear
<p>Mary Jean Chan reads from their new collection, <a href="https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/bright-fear-mary-jean-chan" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Bright Fear</em></a>, and discuss it with Andrew McMillan.</p><p>Chan’s debut, <a href="https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/fleche-mary-jean-chan" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Fleche</em></a>, won the Costa Book Award for Poetry in 2019. Bright Fear extends and develops that collection’s themes of identity, multilingualism and postcolonial legacy, while remaining deeply attuned to moments of tenderness, beauty and grace.</p><p>Andrew McMillan’s most recent collection is <a href="https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/pandemonium-andrew-mcmillan" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>pandemonium</em></a> (Cape, 2021); a novel, <em>Pity</em>, is forthcoming in 2024. Together with Chan, he edited the landmark anthology <a href="https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/100-queer-poems-andrew-mcmillan" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>100 Queer Poems</em></a>(Penguin).</p><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Show Notes
Mary Jean Chan reads from their new collection, Bright Fear, and discuss it with Andrew McMillan.
Chan’s debut, Fleche, won the Costa Book Award for Poetry in 2019. Bright Fear extends and develops that collection’s themes of identity, multilingualism and postcolonial legacy, while remaining deeply attuned to moments of tenderness, beauty and grace.
Andrew McMillan’s most recent collection is pandemonium (Cape, 2021); a novel, Pity, is forthcoming in 2024. Together with Chan, he edited the landmark anthology 100 Queer Poems(Penguin).
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