Sample and Loop: A Simple History of Singaporeans in America

by Jee Leong Koh

162 pages, Paperback

Published November 1, 2023

About the author

Jee Leong Koh is the author of Steep Tea (Carcanet), named a Best Book of the Year by UK's Financial Times and a Finalist by Lambda Literary in the USA. His hybrid work of fiction, Snow at 5 PM: Translations of an insignificant Japanese poet, won the 2022 Singapore Literature Prize in English fiction. He was also shortlisted for the prize for The Pillow Book (Math Paper Press/Awai Books) and Connor and Seal (Sibling Rivalry). His second Carcanet book, Inspector Inspector, was published in late 2022.

Koh's work has been translated into Japanese, Chinese, Malay, Vietnamese, Russian, and Latvian. Originally from Singapore, Koh lives in New York City, where he heads the literary non-profit Singapore Unbound, the indie press Gaudy Boy, and the journal of Asian writing and art SUSPECT.

Reviews

[Andrew H · Rating 4 out of 5]

A poetry book that takes some absorbing. Rich in imagery and perception, but with lots of allusions that sometimes leaves the poetry in a rarefied world. Sample and Loop contains some of the best psychological portraits of individuals since Lowell.