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  Through the Trees

  Maria Gilbet

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  • A poetry book of deep intrusive thoughts 
  • Overcoming sexual trauma (SA) 
  • Mental illness and alcoholism 
  • Finding hope in-between 
  As this is my first published book, I hope this helps free me of the thoughts I never thought would be seen. My only wish would be to show others that they too have a voice that has the strength to be heard-one word at a time. 
  To those that need it-a trigger warning for the whole damn thing. To my family and (some) friends who don't already know about the contents inside these pages, you're not obligated to read this. However, I won't speak to you about it otherwise.

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  Notes After Terawih

  Ziks

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  ‘Tarawih’ (Arabic) comes from the root word that means to take a rest, and take rest I did.Notes After Terawih is a series of word sketches I drew based on my distracted observation during night prayers, or terawih prayers, done in a single mosque during Ramadhan. Thousands of us here in Singapore engage in terawih for thirty nights in a row – that’s a huge multitude of experiences. Yet, all these experiences are tucked within the walls of the mosque and ultimately remain in Ramadhan... As a new kid in this terawih thing, I decided to take some notes. None of these were written on the spot. Instead, they were recalled and typed on my phone as I headed home for the night.

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  Darkling

  Titas Halder

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  'I walk home. The skyline is changed. I see the factory anew against the sky. The skeleton is fast becoming a huge metal creature. They have built a behemoth here.'
  Bhopal. India. 1984. Born under a blue sky in a city of lakes, a girl grows up with her father and sister. The three of them together, always.
  But as she grows, the land begins to change. A giant factory rises over her town. Her mother always wanted more for them – now the girl wants more too. Then comes the night that tears everything apart.
  Ferocious, brutal and damning, Darkling is an epic story of a life ravaged by ecological disaster. Titas Halder's play premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2026, directed by Matthew Xia and co-produced with Actors Touring Company, before touring the UK.

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  Connecting the Many Dots

  Sunna Guloyeva

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  Connecting the Many Dots is a profound and poignant exploration of life's intricate tapestry. This poetry collection delves into the depths of human emotion, traversing themes of love, loss, depression, transformation, and personal resilience. Each poem serves as a dot connected in the larger picture of existential contemplation, presenting readers with a mirror to their own souls.Sunna's lyrical prose and evocative imagery invite you to pause, reflect, and find meaning in the myriad dots of your own life.

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  Woman at the Crossing

  Susan Okie

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  In the poem that opens her debut collection, Susan Okie recounts an evening in the anatomy lab. Here we witness the depths of her curiosity toward her subject's inner workings. When I tugged on the flexor digitorum tendons, / her fingers partly closed and her thumb /crooked in. I seemed to see the two of us / as if from outside, and could no longer / name the tendons. I felt my fingers / from inside her hand." What to some might feel like harrowing proximity, Okie delivers, in astonishing verse, with wonder and even intimacy. To be sure, Woman at the Crossing is the work of a seasoned practitioner.

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  Mother Africa

  Pelumi Folajimi

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  Rooted in the rhythms of performance and the pulse of history, Mother Africa is a poetic exploration of identity, culture, and resistance. Through evocative verse, the collection weaves together ancestral memory, political struggle, and the enduring spirit of the African continent.
  
  Drawing from Yoruba tradition, mythology, and oral storytelling, the poems unfold as chants of defiance and songs of survival. They capture the voices of warriors, revolutionaries, and everyday people whose lives shape and are shaped by the forces of history.
  
  From the cadence of ritual to the echoes of protest, Mother Africa is both a lyrical tribute and a call to remembrance.

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