Fifth Girl, The
- Publisher
- Pedlar Press
- Initial publish date
- Nov 2002
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780968652251
- Publish Date
- Nov 2002
- List Price
- $19.95
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Where to buy it
Out of print
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Description
This first collection of poems by Hong Kong-born May Chan is a moving song from Chan to her mother, to her mother's abiding courage and strength and love, to her mother's willful struggle to nourish her family, even in destitution. Deft, spare and bright, these poems are offered in their original English, accompanied by Chinese "grace notes."
About the authors
May Chan is a writer and performance artist living in Kingston. Chan grew up in Hong Kong and came to Canada to attend university. She received her MFA in visual arts from York University in 1984.
Beth Follett is the founder and publisher of Pedlar Press, a Canadian literary house. Her first novel, Tell it Slant (Coach House Books, 2001), a retelling of Djuna Barnes’s 1936 novel Nightwood, met with critical acclaim. Her poetry, prose and nonfiction work have appeared in Brick, Best Canadian Poetry 2019, and elsewhere. She lives in St John’s, NL.
