I’m reading three books.The first: Two Baby Hands by Gilbert Koh. Nevertheless, I leave the reader to make her/his own conclusions. I can only speculate, but I think it might’ve been that the other two books I wrote about didn’t exactly make for very ‘acceptable’ conversation – but ‘acceptable’ by whose standards, I’m not too sure. the piece wasn’t published might be saying something too, because I believe that silences, or the things that aren’t talked about, are equally, if not, more important than the things that are discussed in public. I think we all expected the piece to appear because we never thought the contrary would happen. It is also a let-down for me and other people because the publishers of Two Baby Hands very kindly agreed to let me purchase a copy of the book in advance of the launch because I really wanted to write about it in the Bookends piece.I put quite a bit of thought and effort into it, and I think the editor of Sunday Lifestyle could’ve been courteous enough to at least say, “Thank you for your contributions but we’re sorry we cannot publish your piece.” That is only fair. The non-publication of the piece is a let-down for me because I had to take time off to write the piece.IMHO, it provides a very good primer/introduction to Singapore society and literature in general too.īut before you read on, I think I must say a few things here about why I am not very happy that my contribution wasn’t published. Go read it, especially if you don’t read poetry normally. In essence, I think Two Baby Hands is very good. It’s highly unlikely that it’ll be published next Sunday, because it was meant to be used as publicity for Own Time Own Target, and the run for Own Time Own Target ends this coming Saturday.Īnyway, since Mr Wang has very kindly reviewed Own Time Own Target and helped to plug it as well, I think I’ll just put what I have to say about his book up here. To date, my Bookends contribution hasn’t been published yet and I’ve got a feeling in my gut that it won’t ever be published.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |