Mary Jean Chan

Jul 3, 2024 | hazlitt.net | Mary Jean Chan |Andrew McMillan |Omar Sakr

The danger is in domestic happiness pricks of conscience the sound of his harp a species by itself I attempted every morning to persevere all other pleasures depend upon it having passed twenty years in ups & downs upon the ocean of patience a repetition of misery & happiness I converse daily & hourly in the immense flood I begin to emerge from a deep melancholy I have been too little among friends I remember a rare bird in London & I hid my face for not being able to hear this communication...

Jul 14, 2023 | granta.com | Mary Jean Chan

SestinaIt happened again – the way life happens – my Chineseface struck like the glow of a torch on a white question:why is your English so good, the compliment uncertainof itself. The speaker expects a reply, but I do not knowif his attention will hold for a six-minute history lessonso I say you’re so kind and keep the conversation going. All this occurs in a safe, queer space. We’re about to goout for pizza, want to join us? I stood next to a Chinesestudent who looked at me as if I were a mirror.