I corresponded with Malaysian pioneer generation poet Shirley Lim in July this year. This interview was a written response to … More
Category: poetry
Poetry is dead. Long live poetry
By Lawrence Pettener Who said Malaysian poetry in English was dead? Many have tried to convince me but they should … More
Poetry as life and death: a review of Deborah Wong’s ‘Autopsy of Sentiments’
By Lawrence Pettener Review: Deborah Wong’s poetry chapbook, ‘Autopsy of Sentiments’ (Working Desk Publishing, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia 2020) This chapbook … More
Standing with the ancestors now, a poet of the mists: a tribute to Irish poet Eavan Boland (1944 – 2020)
By Orla Fay Eavan Boland was born on the 24th of September 1944 which makes her of the same generation … More
Malaysian literary event Readings turns 15. We interviewed Sharon Bakar who has been curating it for the past 13 years
By Mohani Niza (Main picture by Tina Isaacs) In 2005, Malaysian novelist, poet and educator Bernice Chauly created a literary … More
Life in books: This Singaporean woman curates an interesting bookstagram on social justice topics
By Mohani Niza Firqin Sumartono is a huge bookworm – especially on books on social justice. In 2017, the Singaporean … More
With her piece called ‘Mother’, Sheena Baharudin proves she is a spoken word poet of the real deal
By Mohani Niza It is kind of hard to ignore Sheena Baharudin when she performs. If you’re familiar with the … More
Selected quotes from our interview of Australian poet Jane Williams
Jane Williams was born in England in 1964 and is based in Tasmania, Australia. She is a regular fixture at … More
“Humour and lightness”: an interview with Australian poet Jane Williams on what moves her
By Lawrence Pettener Writer Lawrence Pettener sat down with contemporary Australian poet Jane Williams last November at a coffee house … More
‘The Noise of Time’: an evening of poems in eleven languages
By Anna Graubaum It was International Poetry Day last week on the 21st of March. I arrived at Lit Books, … More
