{"title":"Weyman Chan","description":"\u003cp\u003eWeyman Chan’s work invites readers into a vibrant exploration of identity, memory, and language. His poetry melds cultural reflection with sharp emotional insight, offering a fresh perspective on the intersections of personal and collective experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in the category of \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e, Chan’s writing resonates with a deep engagement in contemporary themes, making his collections both thought-provoking and eloquent. Expect a rich literary journey that challenges and inspires.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"witness-back-at-me-by-weyman-chan-9781772014419","title":"Witness Back at Me","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWitness Back at Me\u003c\/i\u003e, Weyman Chan continues to explore themes of dislocation and belonging by drawing on biography, myth, science, and the everyday. Chan's poetry is suffused with a collage-like immersion of stream-of-conscious voices, approximating the kaleidoscopic effect of interior thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWitness Back at Me\u003c\/i\u003e draws on the childhood loss of Chan's mother to breast cancer, as a survival mechanism towards an aesthetics of accepted disembodiment, always haunted by a search for nurturing and surrender to some greater being. The poems in this book intertwine polyvocally, building into a liminal biographical metanarrative: the whole point of existence, the author believes, is to luxuriate in the greater being of not-knowing. To accept the historical underpinnings, the brokenness of the world, inside and outside the self, but be in constant communication of both worlds, towards understanding and healing, is the one true meaningful quest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47601388060908,"sku":"9781772014419","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/53fa17c1b300fcb41e8fb0fd59f9f644.jpg?v=1778017762"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/weyman-chan.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}