POETRY IN ENGLISH FROM SINGAPORE
Magazine: World Literature Today, Spring 2000
By Rajeev S. Patke, National University of Singapore.

Patke chronicles the evolution of Singapore poetry beginning with Wang Gungwu’s Pulse published in 1950 to Alfian Sa’at’s 1998 collection, One Fierce Hour.

This article first appeared in World Literature Today, spring 2000. It is reprinted here with permission from the author.
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WRITING OUT OF PLACE
by Eddie Tay

Tay explores what it means to be a Singaporean writer writing out of a cultural and historical vacuum.
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Singapore-Hub for a New Global Poetry?
by Umej Singh-Bhatia

In this essay, Singh-Bhatia traces the evolution of Singapore poetry and discusses the relevance and future of poetry in modern Singapore.
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Emergent Voices in Singaporean Fiction (new)
by Peter Wicks

In this paper, Associate Professor Peter Wicks examines the works of Daren Shiau, Alfian Sa’at, Claire Tham and Hwee Hwee Tan for their principal social and cultural themes. This paper also makes particular reference to their preoccupation with youthful identity, their irreverent style, views of the Singaporean landscape and their sense of a Singapore future. Reprinted here with permission from the author.
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