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  Gaze Back

  Marylyn Tan

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  Winner of the Singapore Literature Prize (Poetry 2020) 
   
  What do we expect of an author who is unapologetically female? What do we expect of consuming art in general? Should a work be easy, should a work be safe? 
   
  Marylyn Tan’s debut volume, GAZE BACK, complicates ideas of femininity, queerness, and the occult. The feminine grotesque subverts the restrictions placed upon the feminine body to be attractive and its subjection to notions of the ideal. The occultic counterpoint to organised religion, then, becomes a way toward techniques of empowering the marginalised. 
   
  GAZE BACK, ultimately, is an instruction book, a grimoire, a call to insurrection—to wrest power back from the social structures that serve to restrict, control and distribute it amongst those few privileged above the disenfranchised.

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  Breathing in Broken Spaces -...

  Belinda Daou

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  Breathing in Broken Spaces 
  Heartbreak. Trauma. Loss. Healing. Rebirth. 
  Some wounds don’t just fade—they shape us. 
  Breathing in Broken Spaces is an unfiltered and deeply personal poetry collection that delves into the rawest corners of heartbreak, trauma, and survival. Through piercingly honest verses, Belinda Daou lays bare the loneliness of grief, the weight of past wounds, and the quiet, aching process of piecing oneself back together after being shattered. 
  This book is for those who have loved and lost, for the ones carrying silent battles within them, and for anyone searching for words that echo their unspoken pain. It is a safe space where emotions aren’t just expressed—but truly seen, understood, and honored. 
  This collection gives voice to the devastation of toxic love, the suffocation of manipulation, and the slow erosion of self-worth at the hands of the wrong person. It speaks to the ones who have stayed too long, who have fought for love that only broke them, and who are now learning to unlearn the lies they were told about themselves. 
  More than just poetry, Breathing in Broken Spaces is a reckoning with the past and a testament to the resilience of the human spirit. It is breathtakingly raw, unapologetically vulnerable, and deeply real. It is the brutal honesty of suffering, the messy in-between of healing, and the quiet strength it takes to keep breathing, even when the air feels heavy. 
  This collection is not just about pain—it is about survival. About learning to breathe again through the cracks of brokenness. About reclaiming the parts of yourself you thought were lost forever. 
  For those who have been lost in the darkness, this book is a whisper: 
  You are not alone. You were never too much. You deserve to be whole.

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  The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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  "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is a narrative poem written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. It was first published in 1798 as part of Coleridge's collection of poems titled "Lyrical Ballads," which he co-authored with William Wordsworth. The poem is one of the most famous works in English literature and is known for its vivid imagery, supernatural elements, and exploration of themes such as guilt, redemption, and the natural world.

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  Proof of Life on Earth

  Degna Stone

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  You live and then you die. That's the only certainty there is, right? Using love as its guide, Proof of Life on Earth, the debut poetry collection by Degna Stone, looks at all the stops between our arrival and our departure. These poems examine matters of the heart (both the metaphorical and medical kind), of race and discrimination, of the body, mind and self – each in forensic detail, attentive and curious of what moves, shapes, and makes us alive.
  In between are the landmarks which populate the rich terrain of this collection; not only of our lives through youth to adulthood, but of history, of the long shadows of empire, and of landscapes themselves - especially those of the northeast of England, evocative, rugged and monumental. Stone's deft and scalpel-sharp poetry explores human existence shaped by mortality and experience, and asks what it means to do more than survive – to live in defiance, openness and awareness.

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  Here in America

  David Edgar

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  'I'm saying there's someone who could stop this madness. If you stood up, and said "no".'
  On a rainswept afternoon in 1952, Hollywood and Broadway's leading director Elia Kazan met his closest collaborator, the playwright Arthur Miller. As the anti-Communist crusade of McCarthyism blacklisted hundreds of their colleagues, Kazan and Miller faced a stark choice. Should they betray their friends, or risk never working again?
  David Edgar's play Here in America is a compelling drama that imagines a confrontation between two giants of stage and screen, both passionately involved with an actress about to become the most famous movie star in the world. It was first performed at the Orange Tree Theatre, London, in 2024, directed by James Dacre.

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  Dubliners

  James Joyce

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  Fifteen stories. One city. Countless lives caught between hope and paralysis.
  In this unforgettable collection, James Joyce reveals Dublin through the eyes of ordinary men and women—children discovering harsh truths, lovers facing disappointment, workers dreaming of escape, and families weighed down by duty. Each story is intimate, honest, and quietly devastating, capturing the emotional struggles hidden beneath everyday routines.
  
  Celebrated as "a cornerstone of modern literature," Dubliners blends precise prose with deep humanity, illuminating the fears, desires, and small rebellions that shape a life. Its realism and emotional resonance continue to captivate readers around the world.
  
  If you love character-driven fiction, lyrical writing, and stories that reveal meaning in the smallest moments, this classic is essential reading.
  
  Open the book—and walk the streets of Dublin, where every life holds a story worth hearing.

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