Jonathan Chan
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About Me
About Me
searching for reconciliation
[ESSAY] “Reading the Gap: Indeterminacy, Translation, and Legacy in 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑠 𝑁𝑜 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛” by Jonathan Chan – Cha
[ESSAY] “Reading the Gap: Indeterminacy, Translation, and Legacy in 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑠 𝑁𝑜 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛” by Jonathan Chan – Cha
茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS Editor’s note: Jonathan Chan reads She Follows No Progression (Wendy’s Subway, 2024), edited by Juwon Jun and Rachel Valinsky, as a collectiv…
The Dreamwork of Singapore Migrant Poetry — poetry.sg
The Dreamwork of Singapore Migrant Poetry — poetry.sg
In this essay, writer, academic and activist Ada Cheong traces the emergence of Singapore “migrant poetry” in 2004, its rise in 2014–2017, its peak in 2018–2021, and seeming decline in the last few years. In doing so, she explores two key questions: What is “migrant” poetry? And what does migrant po
bright sorrow
bright sorrow
“Jonathan Chan’s poems are distinctively musical, acutely observed, and existentially engaged at the deepest level. They are bracing to discover.”—Christian Wiman, Poet and author of Ze…
going home
going home
Shortlisted for the Singapore Literature Prize 2024: Best Debut – Poetry in English “As a sequence, going home unfolds with a mixture of astonishing technical assurance and in…
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The Monthly talks to poet, Jonathan Chan – Part 1 – A question of identity
The Monthly talks to poet, Jonathan Chan – Part 1 – A question of identity
QLRS - Criticism : The 'Eking' of Meaning: Reading Within and Between Warped Lines | Vol. 24 No. 3 Jul 2025
QLRS - Criticism : The 'Eking' of Meaning: Reading Within and Between Warped Lines | Vol. 24 No. 3 Jul 2025
Jom - Essay: Postcard from Houston: love, memory, and oil
Jom - Essay: Postcard from Houston: love, memory, and oil
A subtle meditation on the passage of time, through the lives of a Malaysian Chinese family and the evolution of two of the world's fossil fuel capitals: Singapore and Houston.
The Yale Logos – Essay: ‘To One Kneeling Down No Word Came’
The Yale Logos – Essay: ‘To One Kneeling Down No Word Came’
Jom Magazine - Essay: ‘A brief history of Koreans in Singapore’
Jom Magazine - Essay: ‘A brief history of Koreans in Singapore’
Ekstasis Magazine - Essay: 'On Hermeneutics and Poetry'
Ekstasis Magazine - Essay: 'On Hermeneutics and Poetry'
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