{"product_id":"bright-sorrow","title":"Bright Sorrow","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ethe bright sorrow is always ringing, always ringing, and fading into forgetting\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his second book, Jonathan Chan presents poems written through the years of the pandemic and eruptions of war and strife.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach circles the notion of ‘bright sorrow’, a spiritual state characterised by a profound mingling of joy and grief. These poems look to repentance, to suffering, and to the contradiction of extremities, each glistening at their core.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Jonathan Chan’s poems are distinctively musical, acutely observed, and existentially engaged at the deepest level. They are bracing to discover.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Christian Wiman, Poet and author of \u003cem\u003eZero at the Bone and Survival Is a Style\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Jonathan Chan is a poet simultaneously (miraculously!) of the body and of the spirit – the prayerful body, the aching and singing spirit…. As with the great C.P. Cavafy, personal scenes turn into mythic landscapes, and ancient tales become an afternoon’s meal. Chan’s poems are at once feast and plea, story and ruin, sorrow, sorrow, and piercing joy.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Chen Chen, Poet and author of \u003cem\u003eYour Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJonathan Chan\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer, editor, and translator of poems and essays. His first collection of poems, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/going-home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003egoing home\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (Landmark, 2022), was a finalist for the Singapore Literature Prize in 2024. His second collection of poems is \u003cem\u003ebright sorrow\u003c\/em\u003e (Landmark, 2025).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe serves as Managing Editor of the poetry archive \u003ca href=\"poetry.sg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003epoetry.sg\u003c\/a\u003e, Poetry, Creative Non-Fiction, \u0026amp; Essays Editor at \u003cem\u003eJournal of Practice\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eResearch \u0026amp; Tangential Activities\u003c\/em\u003e (PR\u0026amp;TA), and Reading Board Member at \u003cem\u003eThe Plentitudes\u003c\/em\u003e. He also serves on the English Subcommittee of \u003cem\u003ePoetry Festival Singapore\u003c\/em\u003e, where he was an Editor-in-Chief for the \u003cem\u003eSingapore Literature Conference Monograph 2021 and 2023: Selected Proceedings\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Pansing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50679993532713,"sku":"9789819425426","price":23.85,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/Bright_Sorrow_FRONT_COVER.jpg?v=1753176609","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/bright-sorrow","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}