Letters Home

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A bold, graceful and moving third collection of poems whichexplores life between places, languages and cultures. Jennifer Wong has aninstinct for the intricate, beautifully observed line and her poems draw thereader into a tender confidence, at once revealing and particular, writing theirletters directly to the heart. ‘Jennifer Wong’s stunning debut, Letters Home,explores the fractures and displacements of the Chinese-British diaspora fromthe perspective of a young woman. There are poems of homesickness, nostalgia,but also humour, hope and optimism – all depicted in Wong’s distinctive,intelligent style. What marks the collection out for me is it’s a rumination onlanguage, as both a central facet of and metaphor for displacement – and thedetermination of the speaker of the poems to navigate and negotiate a lifedivided across time and space. This is a remarkable collection, which makes anew and bold contribution to the genre of diaspora literature.’ – HannahLowe