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Book review: Poet Jonathan Chan’s second collection weaves a thesis on joy and sorrow
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Singaporean poet Jonathan Chan's second poetry collection Bright Sorrow reflects on the mingling of joy and despair.
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By Jonathan Chan
Poetry/Landmark Books/Paperback/138 pages/$23.40
The arrival of sorrow, wrote Irish poet W.B. Yeats, is “sudden and light”.
