How many voices are in here?
Wallace Stevens once remarked on the inevitability, the necessity, of “the transposition of an objective reality to a subjective reality” in poetry and identified the relationship between “reality and the sensibility of the poet” as rooted in precisely this
How many voices are in here?
Wallace Stevens once remarked on the inevitability, the necessity, of “the transposition of an objective reality to a subjective reality” in poetry and identified the relationship between “reality and the sensibility of the poet” as rooted in precisely this
Feature: Teach me tonight…
One thing isn’t very clear, my love Should the teacher stand so near, my love? — Dinah Washington Every so often — and with seemingly increasing regularity — our news feeds are inundated with what can be loosely termed
Feature: Teach me tonight…
One thing isn’t very clear, my love Should the teacher stand so near, my love? — Dinah Washington Every so often — and with seemingly increasing regularity — our news feeds are inundated with what can be loosely termed
Indians in Singapore
Dr Rajesh Rai’s welcome new study weaves together a host of fascinating stories of the Indian diaspora in a colonial port. Rai traces the histories of Indian migrants lured across oceans and seas by the forces of exploitation, adventure, poverty
Indians in Singapore
Dr Rajesh Rai’s welcome new study weaves together a host of fascinating stories of the Indian diaspora in a colonial port. Rai traces the histories of Indian migrants lured across oceans and seas by the forces of exploitation, adventure, poverty
Desde Hong Kong
An unexpected collection, both in purpose and origin, Desde Hong Kong has turned out to be a surprising achievement. First, the premise: Desde Hong Kong is occasioned by the 2014 centennial celebration of Octavio Paz’s birth. Couched as “poets
Desde Hong Kong
An unexpected collection, both in purpose and origin, Desde Hong Kong has turned out to be a surprising achievement. First, the premise: Desde Hong Kong is occasioned by the 2014 centennial celebration of Octavio Paz’s birth. Couched as “poets
Transnational Chinese Cinema
Chinese cinema has a history that has stretched beyond a century, yet film scholarship in this field has only begun to flourish in the past two decades. The complexity of “Chinese cinema” is perhaps the foremost reason for this torpid
Transnational Chinese Cinema
Chinese cinema has a history that has stretched beyond a century, yet film scholarship in this field has only begun to flourish in the past two decades. The complexity of “Chinese cinema” is perhaps the foremost reason for this torpid
Hula Hooping
Adventurous, humorous and enigmatic, Tammy Ho’s debut collection, Hula hooping, takes the reader on a curious journey that explores the hidden dimensions of the self and society. A thoughtfully-composed cultural assemblage, Ho’s poetry is marked by the remarkable free-spirited spontaneity
Hula Hooping
Adventurous, humorous and enigmatic, Tammy Ho’s debut collection, Hula hooping, takes the reader on a curious journey that explores the hidden dimensions of the self and society. A thoughtfully-composed cultural assemblage, Ho’s poetry is marked by the remarkable free-spirited spontaneity
The War That Ended Peace: How Europe Abandoned Peace for the First World War
When Franz Ferdinand and Sophie Chotek arrived at Sarajevo train station on the morning of 28 June 1914, Europe was still at peace. If any of the key European statesmen of that era had been asked whether they thought a
The War That Ended Peace: How Europe Abandoned Peace for the First World War
When Franz Ferdinand and Sophie Chotek arrived at Sarajevo train station on the morning of 28 June 1914, Europe was still at peace. If any of the key European statesmen of that era had been asked whether they thought a
From the Void: It’s Fiction Reaches Out
Let’s begin with the rudimentary; this is not a book for philistines: the cover art of the book was posted on a social media site and was considered as possibly not meeting the site’s standards on nudity. The issue is
From the Void: It’s Fiction Reaches Out
Let’s begin with the rudimentary; this is not a book for philistines: the cover art of the book was posted on a social media site and was considered as possibly not meeting the site’s standards on nudity. The issue is
Why you should read: Adam Tooze’s The Deluge
The Habsburg Empire’s declaration of war on Serbia on 28 July 1914 was its last independent political act. Four years later, and after seven centuries as a permanent fixture of the European political order, the tottering Habsburg Empire would finally
Why you should read: Adam Tooze’s The Deluge
The Habsburg Empire’s declaration of war on Serbia on 28 July 1914 was its last independent political act. Four years later, and after seven centuries as a permanent fixture of the European political order, the tottering Habsburg Empire would finally
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