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Through a Neocolonial Schooling, Darkly
An Interview with Joanne Leow about Singapore’s Educational System Originally from Singapore, Joanne Leow is an Assistant Professor of literature in the University of Saskatchewan. She specializes...
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The Impossible Cartoonist
Pathways of Reading: The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye by Y.S. Pek In this blog-post, I wish to make three observations on Sonny Liew’s widely-discussed graphic novel, rather than expound a single...
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Difficulties Are Fires
Review of Jinat Rehana Begum’s First Fires (Singapore: Ethos Books, 2015) by Lily Piao First Fires is a debut novel by Jinat Rehana Begum that is rich, complex, and beautifully written. It unfolds...
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Speaking Silently to Silence
Review of Yeo Wei Wei’s These Foolish Things (Singapore: Ethos Books, 2015) by Deven Philbrick The current cultural moment in American letters is marked by, among many other things, a peculiar...
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That Which Flashes ‘Upon That Inward Eye’
Review of Greg Hewett’s Blindsight (USA: Coffee House Press, 2016) by Ian Tan Earth, isn’t this what you want: to arise within us, invisible? Isn’t it your dream to be wholly invisible someday?—O...
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New Contact Lenses
Review of Sohrab Homi Fracis’ Go Home (L.A., U.S.A.: Knut House Press, 2016) by Cyril Wong Political correctness in the United States can be said to be reaching an impasse. Not too long ago, a...
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The Writer as Historian
The Writer as Historian: Written Country as Historiography by P. J. Thum In the introduction of Written Country (Singapore: Landmark Books, 2016), editor Gwee Li Sui sets up his central premise: the...
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How to Build an American Home
Review of Jennifer S. Cheng’s House A (USA: Omnidawn, 2016) by Tse Hao Guang Jennifer S. Cheng’s debut collection of poems House A draws power from repetition, like waves or the stacking of bricks....
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“If you go deep enough…”
Review of Philip Holden’s Heaven Has Eyes (Singapore: Epigram Books, 2016) by Stewart Dorward Heaven Has Eyes is a first work of fiction by Philip Holden, a professor in the Department of English...
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Cut Lotus Root
Review of Chang’an: a Story of China & Japan by Wena Poon (CreateSpace, 2016) by Eric Norris Chang’an: a Story of China & Japan is a compellingly and compulsively readable family saga that...
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Alternative Facts
Review of The Sellout by Paul Beatty (USA: Picador, 2016) by Angus Whitehead I was initially cynical of the deluge of praise for Paul Beatty’s Booker Prize-winning novel. NPR.org, for instance,...
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Hold Them With a Smile
Emptiness in the Heart of Compassion: Spirituality in the Writings of Cyril Wong. by Stewart Dorward Cyril Wong is one of the most striking and provocative figures in Singaporean literature. His prize...
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The First Singapore Unbound Fellowship
Authors Gina Apostol, Jessica Hagedorn, Alfian Sa’at, Jeremy Tiang, and moderator Harold Augenbaum at the 2nd Singapore Literature Festival in NYC 2016. The Singapore Unbound Fellowship The goal of...
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A Wide Field of Contestation
A Wide Field of Contestation by Y.S. Pek Tucked away on the twentieth floor, just in view from the lift landing, a staircase glistened. For seven days. Two weeks ago, I came upon two Straits Times...
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3rd Singapore Poetry Contest
To celebrate Poetry Writing Month this April, Singapore Poetry is holding its third annual poetry contest. We are looking for poems that include the word “Singapore” (or its variants) in some creative...
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Stepchild of the Sublime
Review of Louise Glück’s Faithful and Virtuous Night (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014) by Cyril Wong At the heart of every book of poems by Louise Glück, there is a journey-arc of thought and...
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Rubik’s Cube
Review of The Adopted: Stories from Angkor by HENG Siok Tian, PHAN Ming Yen, YEOW Kai Chai, and YONG Shu Hoong (Singapore: Ethos Books, 2015) by Stewart Dorward HENG Siok Tian, PHAN Ming Yen, YEOW...
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Nothing Little About “A Little Life”
Review of Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life (USA: Doubleday, 2015) By Kevin Tan Kwan Wei Hanya Yanagihara’s sophomore novel A Little Life contemplates the debilitating effects of physical and emotional...
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Personal Story
Review of Marie Howe’s Magdalene (New York: W. W. Norton, 2017) by Cyril Wong Confessional poetry or self-revelatory verse that draws from the private or the autobiographical usually gets vilified...
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