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Call and Response 2: A Singapore Migrant Anthology
"Migrant. Citizen. Foreign Talent. Singaporean. Local. Expatriate. Immigrant. Permanent Resident. Migrant Worker.” What do these words mean, and how do they make you feel when you say them, or when you hear them said to you? When a border is crossed, when a a passport is stamped, when you taste a familiar dish or hear a familiar accent – who truly belongs where, and to what or whom?
This sequel anthology brings together more than seventy writers and poets with differing relationships to the words “Singapore” and “migrant”. They were paired up, and asked to write to each other, and respond – and they came back with stories and poems that cover everything from the ache of homesickness to the sting of prejudice, from the tingle of romance to the balm of friendship.
Once again, we call you into a listening space, to hear voices familiar and foreign, fervent and fearless, funny, forthright and too often forgotten – we hope you respond.
This sequel anthology brings together more than seventy writers and poets with differing relationships to the words “Singapore” and “migrant”. They were paired up, and asked to write to each other, and respond – and they came back with stories and poems that cover everything from the ache of homesickness to the sting of prejudice, from the tingle of romance to the balm of friendship.
Once again, we call you into a listening space, to hear voices familiar and foreign, fervent and fearless, funny, forthright and too often forgotten – we hope you respond.
- GenresPoetry
352 pages, Hardcover
Published February 1, 2021
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June 23, 2021Some of the stories in here had me close to tears. Such an important read for almost all of us (esp. upper middle class, privileged individuals) living in Singapore.
May 11, 2021
Quarantine book #6
I love opening poetry books at a random page. You are often surprised by the first line of text your eyes spot.
"What is home, when the heart is a nomad?"
Good question, Krishna.
I understand why @kenny.leck included this book in the quarantine reading list. I saw myself in most of these conversations. The wondering about
what happens after I throw that boarding pass away,
what life can be when...,
about what life would be if...,
about what life will be now that I...,
The conversations in this book address these wonderings and many more
This edition is by @booksactually 's #MathPaperPress
More #SingLit here #onebookSingapore
#onebookAsia
#QuarantineReading
I love opening poetry books at a random page. You are often surprised by the first line of text your eyes spot.
"What is home, when the heart is a nomad?"
Good question, Krishna.
I understand why @kenny.leck included this book in the quarantine reading list. I saw myself in most of these conversations. The wondering about
what happens after I throw that boarding pass away,
what life can be when...,
about what life would be if...,
about what life will be now that I...,
The conversations in this book address these wonderings and many more
This edition is by @booksactually 's #MathPaperPress
More #SingLit here #onebookSingapore
#onebookAsia
#QuarantineReading
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews