SINGAPORE – In this week’s book box, The Sunday Times looks at four Singapore books hot off the press. Buy the books at Amazon. These articles include affiliate links. When you buy through them, we may earn a small commission. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE – In this week’s book box, The Sunday Times looks at four Singapore books hot off the press. Buy the books atDon’t call him a confessional poet: Cyril Wong on Beachlight, his 16th poetry book
Wong is one of Singapore’s first openly gay poets, and ardent fans know him for his direct and ardent lines: “The men we loved, the men we had, the men we wanted. / They have done far worse than fail to miss us – / they have forgotten us.”This handsome hardcover coffee table book is Wild Rice’s commemoration of its 20th birthday, which actually happened in 2020.
“I just love it. It has to be incredibly humid for me to even notice the humidity,” says the British-Nigerian actress and writer, 40, who is dressed fittingly in a tropical print button-up for this interview.
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