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  A History of Amnesia

  Alfian Sa'at

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  Unapologetic, unafraid and unyielding, Alfian’s second collection of verse delves in greater depth the concerns in his first volume and moves into reclaiming our collective history and memory. 
   
   
  In mining our psyche, he casts light where whispers and shadows lurk. He draws inspiration from censored histories, subsumed myths and invokes imagined voices from the exiled, demanding of the reader to witness the ubiquitous ideological fictions that surround us. 
   
   
  This is one of the most dissonant and penetrating voices in Singapore poetry. 
   
   
  • A History of Amnesia is listed in the notable books list by the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Award (administered by University of San Francisco). 
  • A History of Amnesia is also shortlisted for Singapore Literature Prize in 2004.

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  Voices from Ukraine: Two Plays

  Neda Nezhdana, Natalka Vorozhbyt

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  Two powerful plays about the shattering impact of war, and the astonishing resilience of those living through it, written by two of Ukraine's leading playwrights.
  'They've mobilised all the living now, the fifth call took the last of the living. But the war keeps on. So high command asked us.'
  Sasha, a Colonel in the Ukrainian Army, has died suddenly of a heart attack, leaving his relatives Katia and Oksana to mourn for him. But a year later, as war intensifies, the army has resorted to recruiting the dead. Sasha is anxious to be resurrected so he can rejoin the fight, but can his family bear to lose him all over again? Take the Rubbish Out, Sasha by Natal'ya Vorozhbit blends reality and the supernatural in a startling exploration of the effects of war and conflict.
  'I want to report a robbery... I was robbed. What was stolen from me? Almost everything... Home, land, car, work, friends, city, faith in goodness...'
  Donbas, 2014. A nameless woman stands in the street, trying to sell a basket of kittens. She has lost everything else she holds dear. Her only remaining hope is to find a home for the kittens, since she cannot offer them one herself. Pussycat in Memory of Darkness by Neda Nezhdana is an unflinching examination of Russia's war on Ukraine through the brutalised eyes of one woman.
  The two plays were translated by Sasha Dugdale and John Farndon, respectively, and performed in English at the Finborough Theatre, London, as part of their #VoicesFromUkraine season in 2022.
  10% of the proceeds from sales of this book will be donated to the Voices of Children Charitable Foundation, a Ukrainian charity providing urgently needed psychological and psychosocial support to children affected by the war in Ukraine.

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  Orange - Elfchen Poems

  Pushpa R Menon

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  Orange is a curated collection of poems written in the Elfchen form — a poetic form of five lines with a 1-2-3-4-1-word count structure. It was born from a desire to say less, but feel more, and began as a quiet and joy-filled exercise in observing the world. ‘Elfchen’ in German means diminutive of eleven. With its strict five-line and minimal word count of eleven, it offered both a challenge and a quiet joy. It taught me to trim language down to its essence, to listen to the spaces between words, and to notice the poetry hiding in the ordinary. The poems explore the way certain words lean into each other, everyday objects, emotions, and metaphors. They include themes of nature, survival, silence, conflict and liberation. Devices like personification and contrast are used to provoke emotional and philosophical engagement. The intersection of word and image offers room for contemplation. This poetic form lends itself to brevity, clarity, and restraint. The illustration that is paired with each poem is designed to enhance the meditative quality of the book. Each image becomes a metaphor, each poem a mirror to hold up a thought, memory, or mood.

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  Clear Crystals

  Clara Frances McKee Beede

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  Book of 31 short poems dedicated to Soldierboys.(Summary by Jill Preston)

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  The Matter of Little Losses -...

  Rachel Marie Kang, K.J. Ramsey

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  Life is full of love, but it is also full of loss. Like paper cuts to the heart, every big and seemingly insignificant loss—the loss of friendships, faith, dreams, health, community, and everything in between—grieves us more than we think it will, and often more than we let on. Why? Because they matter. 
   
   
   
  In this compassionate and deeply personal book, Rachel Marie Kang invites you to see and be seen in the midst of your sorrow, your suffering—your story. Through prose and poetry that gives voice to all the things we lose along the way, this gracious book will help you 
   
   
   
  ● ponder your loss without judgment 
   
   
   
  ● remember what was and make meaning of your memories 
   
   
   
  ● reflect on what is yet to be as you heal with hope 
   
   
   
  You don't have to bury your pain, and you don't have to pretend you're over it just because the world thinks you should be. Let Rachel walk hand in hand with you, giving space for sorrow and welcoming you as you find your way along the path to healing.

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  Christmas Duet

  Joseph Ashby-Sterry

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  Joseph Ashby-Sterry was an English poet and novelist. He works include Boudoir Ballads, a collection of poetry, now out of print. This poem is taken from the 1888 edition of The Lazy Minstrel. - Summary by Wikipedia

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