'when you give, when you receive, do it with both hands.' it's been both hectic and strained. fuck the diary entries because how does one 'write down everything' that happens to one. most days I feel like a dog walking on hind legs because people are still surprised that 'your english is so good!' and…Read more morningpage.01
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anxiousnessless: a pastiche to anne boyer’s Not Writing
When I am trying to write about HEX ED and BAD GIRLS and SCATOLOGICAL QUEERNESS, I am not writing. I am not writing short stories about aquariums or normalising queer sex scenes. I am not writing stories that are set in Singapore but defy the conventions and mundane associations that Singaporean fiction carries. I am…Read more anxiousnessless: a pastiche to anne boyer’s Not Writing
YOU COULD TAKE A LITTLE
Written for the Lion City Slam, Oct 2014. x Marylyn Tan there was a girl who responded every time to ‘kiss me.’ with ‘where?’ on the hollow of my throat. between time and space. at the mouth of the Singapore river. to this day, area around the old Singapore River mouth remains the most expensive…Read more YOU COULD TAKE A LITTLE
FIRST DAY OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION
Written for A Minor Contradiction, Aug 2014. x Marylyn Tan first day of sexual orientation, I’m the oldest kid in the room, just like in church catechism class because my father forgot to enroll me the previous year. I wonder if we have a buddy system, and who is going to take me by the…Read more FIRST DAY OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION
190 DUNEARN ROAD
Written for the Lion City Slam, Oct 2014. x Marylyn Tan You have selected 190 Dunearn Road, Singapore Chinese Girls’ School as your gameplay arena. Proceed? You are carrying: A home econs kit because the school doesn't offer Design & Technology; very badly done Chinese homework & an inflated sense of superiority about your writing.…Read more 190 DUNEARN ROAD
SINGAPOREAN SHOTA
Written for the Lion City Slam, Oct 2014. x Marylyn Tan east chapter of iglesia ni christo means the entire aljunied district stretching all the way from eunos to geylang lorong 40. here, people watch you all the time. here a boy I used to know learnt the dual meanings of xiao di while walking…Read more SINGAPOREAN SHOTA
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