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New Poems by Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé
The poems below by Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé will appear in his forthcoming collection Reading to Ted Hesburgh (Squircle Line Press and Glass Lyre Press, 2017). f is for form and finitude by...
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“Tepid Water”
Review of We Were Always Eating Expired Things by Cheryl Julia Lee (Singapore: Math Paper Press, 2014) By R. A. Briggs Cheryl Julia Lee’s first collection, shortlisted for this year’s...
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Literarily Singapore
In conjunction with the 2nd Singapore Literature Festival in NYC (Sep 28 – Oct 1, 2016), Lambda Literary has just published a “Singapore Literary Portfolio.” Featuring three festival authors, the...
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Speaking Against
Review of Cyril Wong’s The Lover’s Inventory (Singapore: Math Paper Press, 2015) by Andrew Howdle Since the biennial Singapore Literary Prize expanded into categories, it has favoured joint winners...
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Poetry After the Fall
Review of Belmont by Stephen Burt (USA: Graywolf Press, 2013) by Ng Yi-Sheng It’s thoroughly strange to review a book like this in a world where Donald Trump’s just been elected President. Over the...
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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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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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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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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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