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Rob Taylor interviews Jen Sookfong Lee
Photo: Sherri Koop
After writing eight books of fiction and non-fiction, Jen Sookfong Lee is about to publish her first poetry collection:
Lee’s books include
The Conjoined, nominated for International Dublin Literary Award and a finalist for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize,
The Better Mother, a finalist for the City of Vancouver Book Award,
The End of East,
Gentlemen of the Shade, and
Chinese New Year. She was born and raised in Vancouver’s East Side, and she now lives with her son in North Burnaby.
Rob Taylor: In “Yesterday, You Had the Best of Intentions” you write about a black that “hurts your eyes”, and also the “soft, enabling dark.” Blackness and darkness pervade
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