Fleche by Mary Jean Chan

Fleche by Mary Jean Chan

WINNER OF THE COSTA POETRY AWARD POETRY BOOK SOCIETY RECOMMENDATION Fleche (the French word for 'arrow') is an offensive technique commonly used in fencing, a sport of Mary Jean Chan's young adult years, when they competed locally and internationally for their home city, Hong Kong.

Mary Jean Chan grew up in Hong Kong and studied at Swarthmore College, the University of Oxford and Royal Holloway, University of London. Their debut pamphlet, A Hurry of English, was selected as the 2018 Poetry Book Society Summer Pamphlet Choice. In 2017, Chan's poem '//' was shortlisted for the 2017 Forward Prize for Best Single Poem. They are a Ledbury Poetry Critic, editor of Oxford Poetry, advisory board member at the Poetry Translation Centre and member of the Folio Prize Academy. They are a Lecturer in Creative Writing (Poetry) at Oxford Brookes University and live in London.

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ISBN 13	9780571348046
ISBN 10	0571348041
Title	Fleche
Author	Mary Jean Chan
Series	Faber Poetry Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Faber & Faber
Year published	2019-07-04
Number of pages	88
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