Chan, Jill

[Photograph: Mateo Chan, Jr.]

Jill Chan (b. 1973)

Contents

Aotearoa NZ Poetry Sound Archive (2004):

CD07

1. The First Patient
2. The Smell of Oranges
3. Earth
4. Tug
5. Imagination
6. The Acts
7. First Day
8. Reckoning
9. Work of Art
10. Turning
11. A Death
12. Holding Up
13. The Bone
14. Corners
15. Afterimage
16. Watermark
17. The Gift
18. The Conversation
19. The Conversation 2
20. Quantum
21. Trust
22. Occupation
23. Density
24. What We Covered
25. Weight
26. Dexterity
27. Faith
28. Momentary States of Darkness

Bio / Bibliography:

Jill Chan was born and grew up in Manila, Philippines. She migrated to New Zealand in 1994.

Her poems have been published in JAAM, Poetry New Zealand, Brief, MiPOesias, foam:e, Tears in the Fence, Blue Fifth Review, Asia and Pacific Writers Network, Otoliths, and some other magazines.

She was among the new and emerging writers mentioned in PEN American Center's year-end members survey for 2005.

She is the editor of Poetry Sz: demystifying mental illness, and Numinous: Spiritual Poetry, and co-editor of Best New Poems Online.

Publications:

• The Smell of Oranges (Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, 2003)
• Becoming Someone Who Isn't (Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, 2007)
• These Hands Are Not Ours (Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, 2009)