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The Fate of Singaporean Poultry
Review of The Other Merlion And Friends by Gwee Li Sui Landmark Books, 2015 by Eric Norris It seems odd—or it seems odd to me—that a volume of verse like Gwee Li Sui’s selection of poems and...
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Two New Poems by Kaustuv Gosh
The World Has Changed by Kaustuv Gosh It is hard to make sense of the world in a downpour When you are on the other side, in a dry compartment. We are safe, we are safe, everything is as it should be...
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Special Focus on Justin Chin –“Buffed Fag”
Singapore Poetry’s “Special Focus” series highlights an important aspect of the work of an established Singapore author. By making available a substantial selection of work, SP hopes to encourage both...
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2nd Singapore Poetry Contest Results
We are very pleased to announce the results of the 2nd Singapore Poetry Contest. Open to everyone who is NOT a Singaporean citizen or permanent resident in Singapore, the annual contest sought poems...
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Special Focus on Justin Chin –“Poison”
This is the second part of our “Special Focus” on Justin Chin. The series highlights an important aspect of the work of an established Singapore author. You can read Part 1, Justin Chin’s “Buffed Fag,”...
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2nd Singapore Poetry Contest – Third Prize Winner
I’m Supposed to Teach by Sara Backer the meaning of redundancy. For example: They went skydiving in mid-air. Where else could you skydive? I ask anticipating laughter, receiving silent stares. My...
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Special Focus on Justin Chin –“Quietus”
Part Three of our special focus on Justin Chin brings you his short story “Quietus” collected in his book 98 Wounds (San Francisco: Manic D Press). Part One reprints his prose piece “Buffed Fag” and...
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2nd Singapore Poetry Contest – Second Prize Winner
Metamorphosis by Ankita Anand Politicians double up as salons Offering makeovers. If today you ask a city its name, It will look into your eyes seductively And ask, “What do you want it to be? I...
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Appraising “The Apprentice”
An excerpt from Dan Koh’s insightful review of The Apprentice, a ground-breaking new film by Boo Junfeng about capital punishment in Singapore. You can read the full review at The On-line Citizen....
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Special Focus on Justin Chin –“Incontinence”
Part Four of our Special Focus on Justin Chin reprints a poem from his last book of poems Gutted, which was named a Finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards. The title poem is a multivalent, multi-form...
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2nd Singapore Poetry Contest – First Prize Winner
President’s Day by Josh Lefkowitz What kind of ego do you have to have To think you cannot stand to be Around even the mere friends of your ex Sorry Amanda I’m outing you by name In this here poem we...
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Red Flower, Chinese Silences
Review of Jenny Tseng’s Red Flower, White Flower (Marick Press, 2013 (Translated by Mengying Han and Aaron Crippen) and Timothy Yu’s 100 Chinese Silences (Les Figues, 2016) Review by Cyril Wong...
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Special Focus on Justin Chin –“Memorial Reading in Singapore”
The Singapore memorial reading for poet Justin Chin was held on Saturday, July 23, at Artistry Cafe. It was an intimate and moving event, as a line-up of local writers read from Chin’s various works to...
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Have a Helping of Mackerel
Welcome to the world of Mackerel. A new culture magazine in Singapore, it aims to tell great stories about the contemporary global world, giving what it calls a “deep-dive perspective” on places and...
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Filming “Fundamentally Happy”
If you attended the first Singapore Literature Festival in New York in 2014, you might have heard Haresh Sharma read from his fearless and moving plays, works that are based on social research and...
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Shattered and Scattered – Review of O Thiam Chin’s “Now That It’s Over”
Now That It’s Over by O Thiam Chin (Singapore: Epigram Book 2016) Reviewed by Stewart Dorward Now That It’s Over by O Thiam Chin is his first full length novel and the winner of the 2015 Epigram...
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To a Young Poet (on Singapore’s 51st Birthday)
To a Young Poet by Jee Leong Koh Quit the country soon as you can before you’re set on a career path or marrying the home ownership scheme. Pay no heed to the village elders. They are secretly...
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Parallel Ink
The millennials are on the move, and they are out to make their mark on the international literary scene. Encouraging their creative spirit is the international lit and art e-zine Parallel Ink, founded...
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Nothing Important Happened Today
Nothing Important Happened Today by Claudia Serea Reviewed by Eric Norris Reviews are reviews. We take them with a grain of salt. We may pick up the book in question, we may not, if...
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Excuse Me, Are You a Singapore Poet?
The critical survey below is the last part of our Special Focus series on Justin Chin. Excuse Me, Are You a Singapore Poet? The Poetry of Justin Chin by Jee Leong Koh When Justin Chin died on...
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