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Criticism
Critiques and reviews of writing from Singapore and abroad.
Inbetweeners Zhuang Yisa reviews Karla Huston and David Chorlton chapbooks. Vol. 5 No. 1 Oct 2005
His Master's Voice
Zhang Ruihe reviews Goh Poh Seng.
Vol. 15 No. 1 Jan 2016
Gritted Teeth and Stoic Strength Zhang Ruihe reviews From Boys To Men. Vol. 2 No. 3 Apr 2003
Mirror Images
Andrea Yew reviews Catherine Lim.
Vol. 16 No. 3 Jul 2017
Death Is A Ceremony Robert Yeo reviews Cyril Wong's unmarked treasure. Vol. 3 No. 3 Apr 2004
Handle Poetry With Care Yeo Yen Ping reviews Felix Cheong's Broken By The Rain. Vol. 2 No. 3 Apr 2003
How To Be Seriously Alone Gerard Yee reviews Jonathan Franzen's How To Be Alone. Vol. 2 No. 3 Apr 2003
The Present is a Foreign Country Stephanie Ye reviews Balik Kampung Vol. 12 No. 1 Jan 2013
For the record - Oct 2015
Stephanie Ye rounds up Singapore literature year-to-date.
Vol. 14 No. 4 Oct 2015
For the record - Jan 2016
Vol. 15 No. 1 Jan 2016
Ripples from the headlines Stephanie Ye reviews Claire Tham. Vol. 12 No. 4 Oct 2013
Schwellenangst
Stephanie Ye reviews Jeremy Tiang.
Vol. 15 No. 1 Jan 2016
For the record - Apr 2016
Vol. 15 No. 2 Apr 2016
For the record - Jul 2016
Vol. 15 No. 3 Jul 2016
For the record - Oct 2016
Vol. 15 No. 4 Oct 2016
For the record – Jan 2017
Vol. 16 No. 1 Jan 2017
For the record – October 2017
Vol. 16 No. 4 Oct 2017
For the record – April 2017
Vol. 16 No. 2 Apr 2017
For the record – July 2017
Vol. 16 No. 3 Jul 2017
The Inconsistent Story of Mr Richard Lim Cyril Wong reviews Richard Lim's Got Singapore. Vol. 1 No. 3 Apr 2002
Light As Ash Cyril Wong reviews Heng Siok Tian's Contouring. Vol. 3 No. 3 Apr 2004
Fragmented Quest Cyril Wong reviews Goro Takano. Vol. 12 No. 2 Apr 2013
A Bleak Ecstasy Cyril Wong reviews Mark Strand. Vol. 12 No. 2 Apr 2013
Something’s Missing Cyril Wong reviews Felix Cheong. Vol. 12 No. 1 Jan 2013
Monsoon Reading
Cyril Wong reviews City of Rain.
Vol. 2 No. 4 Jul 2003
Marrying Death to Beauty Cyril Wong reviews Linda Pastan's The Last Uncle. Vol. 1 No. 4 Jul 2002
Fuelled By Fear Cyril Wong reviews C.K. Williams Vol. 9 No. 3 Jul 2010
Stop the Bus, I'm Getting Off! Cyril Wong reviews Yap Wy-En's Life's Bus-Stop. Vol. 1 No. 3 Apr 2002
Sympathy for the Soul
Wong Wen Pu reviews Daryl Qilin Yam.
Vol. 15 No. 4 Oct 2016
Epic Versions, Uneven Results Cyril Wong reviews Eddie Tay. Vol. 4 No. 3 Apr 2005
Destination Changi
Wong Wen Pu reviews In Transit.
Vol. 16 No. 2 Apr 2017
Gems under the Topsoil Cyril Wong reviews Madeleine Marie Slavick. Vol. 4 No. 1 Oct 2004
Leaving Things Open Cyril Wong reviews Robert Yeo Vol. 11 No. 1 Jan 2012
Locating Logos Cyril Wong reviews Mani Rao. Vol. 3 No. 4 Jul 2004
Eliot For Everyone
Wong Wen Pu reviews T.S. Eliot's new Collected.
Vol. 15 No. 2 Apr 2016
Warp And Weft Tamara S. Wagner reviews Interlogue 5. Vol. 5 No. 1 Oct 2005
Art Pitted Against Travel Barnard Turner reviews Alain de Botton's The Art of Travel. Vol. 2 No. 1 Oct 2002
At Home Everywhere and Nowhere
Tse Hao Guang reviews Jee Leong Koh.
Vol. 15 No. 1 Jan 2016
Singular Voice, Plural Tongues
Kristina Tom reviews Tumasik.
Vol. 9 No. 1 Jan 2010
Candle to the Sun Toh Hsien Min reviews David Lehman's The Evening Sun. Vol. 1 No. 4 Jul 2002
Access Denied Toh Hsien Min reviews Malaysian and Filipino poetry. Vol. 4 No. 2 Jan 2005
Other Fish To Fry Toh Hsien Min reviews Tan Teck Howe. Vol. 5 No. 1 Oct 2005
Long-Distance Writing Toh Hsien Min reviews Colin Cheong and Stephanie Ye Vol. 11 No. 4 Oct 2012
Overgrown American pastoral landscapes Toh Hsien Min reviews David Oliveira and David Fedo Vol. 9 No. 2 Apr 2010
Sky In A Hundred Puddles
Toh Hsien Min reviews W.B. Keckler's Sanskrit of the Body.
Vol. 3 No. 3 Apr 2004
All So Familiar, It Could Be Home Toh Hsien Min reviews Simon Tay's City of Small Blessings. Vol. 8 No. 2 Apr 2009
Into The Abyss We Go Amos Toh reviews Cyril Wong Vol. 10 No. 1 Jan 2011
Weeping for the Old Kind World Toh Hsien Min reviews Kazuo Ishiguro. Vol. 4 No. 3 Apr 2005
An Eye on the Eight-ball Toh Hsien Min reviews Sid Gómez Hildawa Vol. 5 No. 3 Apr 2006
But Some Are More Free Than Others Toh Hsien Min reviews Why Do People Hate America?. Vol. 2 No. 1 Oct 2002
In The Observation Ward Toh Hsien Min reviews No Visitors Allowed. Vol. 2 No. 4 Jul 2003
Indecent Exposure
Toh Hsien Min reviews Jolene Tan.
Vol. 13 No. 3 Jul 2014
A Veritable Chop Suey
Toh Hsien Min reviews Sarah Howe.
Vol. 15 No. 3 Jul 2016
The Beautiful and the Damned Toh Hsien Min reviews Anne Carson's The Beauty of the Husband. Vol. 1 No. 1 Oct 2001
Aging Gunn has a few bullets left Review of Thom Gunn's Boss Cupid. Beta Issue
The Emperor's New Book Toh Hsien Min reviews Seamus Heaney's Electric Light. Vol. 1 No. 1 Oct 2001
The Gift That Keeps On Giving Jeremy Tiang reviews Hanif Kureishi's Gabriel's Gift. Vol. 1 No. 1 Oct 2001
Tales of the City Jeremy Tiang reviews Postmodern Singapore. Vol. 1 No. 4 Jul 2002
Coming to Terms with Terror Jeremy Tiang reviews September 11 and Political Freedoms. Vol. 2 No. 1 Oct 2002
Cyril Disobedience Jeremy Tiang reviews Cyril Wong's The End of His Orbit. Vol. 1 No. 2 Jan 2002
If It Ain't Spoilt... Jeremy Tiang reviews PIE to SPOILT. Vol. 2 No. 4 Jul 2003
O Charming Pageantry Thow Xin Wei reviews Koh Jee Leong. Vol. 12 No. 1 Jan 2013
This Image of Themselves Thow Xin Wei reviews Reflecting on the Merlion. Vol. 9 No. 1 Jan 2010
Brittle Mirrors Thow Xin Wei reviews Dave Chua. Vol. 12 No. 2 Apr 2013
Refractions on SG50
Alex Tham reviews Sonny Liew. Vol. 14 No. 4 Oct 2015
Daydreams in Monochrome Malcolm Tay reviews the comic book edition of Gone Case Vol. 10 No. 2 Apr 2011
Should He Stay or Should He Go?
Malcolm Tay reviews Troy Chin.
Vol. 13 No. 4 Oct 2014
A Singaporean Diaspora? Eddie Tay reviews Wena Poon Vol. 7 No. 2 Apr 2008
Stranger In His Backyard Malcolm Tay reviews Troy Chin Vol. 11 No. 1 Jan 2012
Majestic Dreams Sunk by Lofty Ambitions
Kevin Tan reviews Krishna Udayasankar.
Vol. 15 No. 4 Oct 2016
Grasping at Shadows
Jolene Tan reviews O Thiam Chin.
Vol. 13 No. 2 Apr 2014
Redemption Never Comes
Kevin Tan reviews Euginia Tan.
Vol. 15 No. 4 Oct 2016
A Wilting Bloom Paul Tan reviews Eunice Chew's The Sea In Blossom. Vol. 3 No. 3 Apr 2004
Love’s Labour’s Lost
Kevin Tan Kwan Wei reviews Singapore Love Stories.
Vol. 16 No. 2 Apr 2017
Building Castles In The Air
Kevin Tan Kwan Wei reviews Clara Chow.
Vol. 16 No. 2 Apr 2017
Cleaving Cleavage Anne Seah reviews Chris Tysh. Vol. 4 No. 3 Apr 2005
Don’t Judge An Anthology By Its Introduction aka Things That You Cannot Help But Notice Anne Seah reviews Don't Judge A Book By Its Cover. Vol. 2 No. 4 Jul 2003
Getting the House in Order Sheo S. Rai reviews People Like Us. Vol. 2 No. 3 Apr 2003
A T'ang Canon Gilbert Wesley Purdy reviews a new translation of Poems of the Masters. Vol. 3 No. 4 Jul 2004
On the Familiar Made Exotic Wena Poon reviews Thomas Kitching's Life and Death in Changi. Vol. 2 No. 3 Apr 2003
Like Cliffs of Granite Wena Poon reviews Mary O'Donnell Vol. 9 No. 2 Apr 2010
Good Intentions Point to Critical Needs Rajeev Patke reviews Singapore Literature: A Critical Reader. Vol. 2 No. 1 Oct 2002
Slippery Disconnect
Alvin Pang reviews Koh Buck Song's The Ocean of Ambition.
Vol. 3 No. 2 Jan 2004
Classical Collapse
Jeremy Noel-Tod reviews Arthur Yap's Collected Poems.
Vol. 13 No. 3 Jul 2014
No Holiday From The Self Leonard Ng reviews Zia Zaman's Losing Oneself in Remote Asia. Vol. 3 No. 2 Jan 2004
Ponderous Puns and Meandering Metaphors Ng Wei Chian reviews The Manic Memoirs of Terry Ho. Vol. 2 No. 4 Jul 2003
Of Politics, Proles and Party Members Ng Wei Chian reviews Kee Thuan Chye. Vol. 3 No. 4 Jul 2004
Lost in Transition Ng Yi-Sheng reviews Toh Hsien Min Vol. 7 No. 4 Oct 2008
A Postmodern Naturalism Leonard Ng reviews A Field Guide to Surreal Botany. Vol. 8 No. 1 Jan 2009
Not Yet Ideal Leonard Ng reviews idea to ideal. Vol. 4 No. 2 Jan 2005
Tangled Vermicelli
Sam Ng reviews Jon Gresham.
Vol. 15 No. 3 Jul 2016
Illusions of Memory
Ng Yi-Sheng reviews Gregory Nalpon.
Vol. 13 No. 2 Apr 2014
Top of the pops
Ng Wei Chian reviews Troy Chin.
Vol. 12 No. 4 Oct 2013
Caught in the Heartland Paul Ng reviews Lee Jing-Jing. Vol. 12 No. 2 Apr 2013
A Shattered Kaleidoscope
Sam Ng reviews Amanda Lee Koe.
Vol. 13 No. 1 Jan 2014
All Things Pass with Time, All Things Freeze with Time Sam Ng reviews Christine Chia Vol. 11 No. 4 Oct 2012
Double Vision Leonard Ng reviews Ouyang Yu Vol. 11 No. 4 Oct 2012
Maiden Voyage Flounders on Lack of Distinction Leonard Ng reviews kensai's Maiden. Vol. 1 No. 4 Jul 2002
Modernity and Its Discontents Ng Wei Chian reviews William Lim's Alternative (Post)Modernity: An Asian Perspective. Vol. 3 No. 2 Jan 2004
A Dark Contemporary Eye Neil Murphy reviews Claire Tham's The Gunpowder Trail and Other Stories. Vol. 3 No. 2 Jan 2004
A Poet of the Moment Neil Murphy reviews Madeleine Lee. Vol. 4 No. 3 Apr 2005
In On the Party
Low Ying Ping reviews Joshua Ferris.
Vol. 14 No. 1 Jan 2015
No More Monkey Business
Colin Low Yu Cong reviews Troy Chin.
Vol. 15 No. 1 Jan 2016
I For Indulgence Eric Low reviews Vivienne Yeo. Vol. 6 No. 1 Oct 2006
All Ears Miriam Lo reviews Angeline Yap Vol. 11 No. 1 Jan 2012
Problems and Promises Nicholas Liu reviews Grace Chua Vol. 9 No. 4 Oct 2010
Only Project Nicholas Liu reviews Koh Jee Leong Vol. 10 No. 3 Jul 2011
No Grand New Word Nicholas Liu reviews Gilbert Koh Vol. 8 No. 4 Oct 2009
Limping with Fever and Discomfort Nicholas Liu reviews Terence Heng. Vol. 4 No. 3 Apr 2005
Uncertain Mastery Nicholas Liu reviews Koh Jee Leong. Vol. 9 No. 2 Apr 2010
Sparkling Glass Shirley Lim on Wong Phui Nam Vol. 6 No. 2 Jan 2007
Trying Too Hard
Daryl Lim reviews Mayo Martin.
Vol. 13 No. 1 Jan 2014
Making Visible
Daryl Lim reviews Passages.
Vol. 13 No. 2 Apr 2014
Safe Harbour
Daryl Lim reviews Aaron Lee.
Vol. 14 No. 1 Jan 2015
Singapore Between Past and Future Shirley Lim reviews Boey Kim Cheng Vol. 8 No. 4 Oct 2009
The Shadow's Missing Half Michelle Lim reviews Haruki Murakami. Vol. 5 No. 1 Oct 2005
View from below Daryl Lim Wei Jie reviews Sudhir Thomas Vadaketh. Vol. 12 No. 4 Oct 2013
Mapping Minutiae
Daryl Lim reviews Justin Ker.
Vol. 14 No. 1 Jan 2015
Six of the Best Laremy Lee reviews Tan Tarn How Vol. 10 No. 3 Jul 2011
Hand on Heartlands Aaron Lee reviews Paul Tan. Vol. 6 No. 1 Oct 2006
Heartland of Myths and Alter Egos Aaron Lee reviews Ng Yi-Sheng Vol. 7 No. 1 Jan 2008
Full marks for freshman effort
Laremy Lee reviews Philip Holden.
Vol. 16 No. 4 Oct 2017
On the Subject of Race Laremy Lee reviews Alfian Sa'at Vol. 11 No. 3 Jul 2012
Fortune Turned To Stone Aaron Lee reviews Holiday Coast Medusa. Vol. 3 No. 4 Jul 2004
Bending laws, reclaiming lore Laremy Lee reviews Eastern Heathens. Vol. 12 No. 3 Jul 2013
Dusty Gems
Laremy Lee reviews Arthur Yap's prose.
Vol. 13 No. 3 Jul 2014
Past Tense, Future Perfect
Theophilus Kwek reviews Written Country.
Vol. 15 No. 3 Jul 2016
Precious Stones, Sometimes Inscrutable Gilbert Koh reviews Chandran Nair Vol. 10 No. 1 Jan 2011
dowhile doodah Koh Jee Leong reviews Yong Shu Hoong's dowhile. Vol. 2 No. 1 Oct 2002
Fundamental Positions Koh Jee Leong reviews Cyril Wong's below: absence. Vol. 2 No. 2 Jan 2003
Gaps between the Bars Adeline Koh reviews Pranav S. Joshi Vol. 7 No. 3 Jul 2008
Opus for Eye and Ear Ronald Klein reviews David Mitchell. Vol. 4 No. 2 Jan 2005
B-Side Record Ronald Klein reviews One. Vol. 11 No. 3 Jul 2012
Double Vision
Laura Kho reviews Marc Nair.
Vol. 15 No. 3 Jul 2016
Finding the Real in the Fantastical
Kirat Kaur reviews Nuraliah Norasid.
Vol. 16 No. 4 Oct 2017
The Body In Flight Kao Jong-Ee reviews Shirley Lim Vol. 5 No. 3 Apr 2006
Tribute To The Cosmopolitan Judith Huang reviews Wena Poon Vol. 9 No. 3 Jul 2010
Joining the Blurred Dots Huang Qin Qin reviews Arlene Ang. Vol. 5 No. 1 Oct 2005
Millefeuille
Philip Holden reviews Christine Chia.
Vol. 13 No. 4 Oct 2014
The Myth that Dare Not Speak its Name
Philip Holden reviews A Luxury We Cannot Afford.
Vol. 14 No. 1 Jan 2015
Remembered Songs
Philip Holden reviews Yeo Wei Wei.
Vol. 14 No. 4 Oct 2015
Beyond Colloquial Prowesses Gwee Li Sui reviews Over There: Poems from Singapore and Australia Vol. 7 No. 2 Apr 2008
Through a glass brightly
Gwee Li Sui reviews Yong Shu Hoong
Vol. 13 No. 2 Apr 2014
Drowning in Nostalgia Wilson Goh reviews Michelle Lim Min Min. Vol. 4 No. 4 Jul 2005
Going Local, Not Global
Priscilla Gan reviews Balli Kaur Jaswal.
Vol. 16 No. 3 Jul 2017
Swanning Details Wendy Gan reviews D. Devika Bai. Vol. 5 No. 1 Oct 2005
Valpolicella with Chicken Rice David Fedo reviews Double Skin Vol. 8 No. 4 Oct 2009
Willing to Share David Fedo reviews Yong Shu Hoong Vol. 9 No. 4 Oct 2010
Picture-Perfect David Fedo reviews Chris Mooney-Singh Vol. 11 No. 2 Apr 2012
Buoyant Pulse David Fedo reviews Lydia Kwa Vol. 9 No. 3 Jul 2010
Full On, Close Up David Fedo reviews Alvin Pang. Vol. 12 No. 2 Apr 2013
History As Fiction and/or Fiction As History David Fedo reviews Meira Chand Vol. 11 No. 1 Jan 2012
Let’s Get Physical
Diana Rahim reviews Tania De Rozario.
Vol. 16 No. 1 Jan 2017
Healing Landscapes Jen Crawford reviews John Mateer Vol. 10 No. 1 Jan 2011
Treading Safely Jen Crawford reviews Interlogue 8. Vol. 9 No. 1 Jan 2010
An Ominous Map Grace Chua reviews Fifty on 50 Vol. 9 No. 4 Oct 2010
Mostly on the right track, but not without faults
Chua Xin Rong reviews Nicholas Yong.
Vol. 17 No. 1 Jan 2018
Startled Deer Poetry Chia Yueh Chin reviews a single headlamp. Vol. 3 No. 1 Oct 2003
Packing Quite A Punch Chia Yueh Chin reviews Koh Beng Liang's last three women. Vol. 2 No. 1 Oct 2002
Identifying Absence Debbie Chia reviews Yeow Kai Chai Vol. 6 No. 1 Oct 2006
Singapore Gem Chew Yi Wei reviews Writing Singapore Vol. 9 No. 3 Jul 2010
Quiet Words for Quiet Times
Duana Chan reviews James Shea.
Vol. 14 No. 2 Apr 2015
Rubbing Out New Maps Boey Kim Cheng reviews Yong Shu Hoong Vol. 5 No. 2 Jan 2006
Overworked Symbols Conceal Gems Afiza reviews The Merlion and the Hibiscus. Vol. 1 No. 4 Jul 2002
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