{"product_id":"capsule-a-dose-of-new-singaporean-writing-edited-by-chang-yujen","title":"‘Capsule: A Dose of New Singaporean Writing’ edited by Chang Yujen","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-8 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full dark markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eA gathering of emerging Singaporean writers across prose and poetry, offering a snapshot of a literary scene finding its groove.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe contributors rub, glide, shuffle, through the friction between private interiority and Singapore’s intensely managed public world. The prose ranges from the comic and abrasive to the dreamlike; the poetry is similarly varied. There's a gorgeous lack of coherent national “voice\", and shows just how so many incompatible voices can occupy the same place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten over 20 years ago, it catches Singapore writing before many of the names, institutions and assumptions around contemporary Singaporean literature had settled into their current form. Pieces such as Sharon Koh’s acidic “Life in a Shitty Restaurant”, Keiv Teh Mingen’s more uncanny urban fiction and the poetry section give the collection the feeling of writers testing what could be said, and in what register, rather than presenting a polished cultural export.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe National Library Board of Singapore lists \u003cem\u003eCapsule\u003c\/em\u003e in its bibliography of Singapore literature anthologies and records it as a 2000 publication of 120 pages. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition \/ condition: Mojorag, Brookline, Massachusetts, 2000. First edition. Paperback. Light shelf wear and minor marking to covers; internally clean and sound. Very good condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46268692496467,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/womenintranslation-2026-09-14T183233.099.png?v=1789374773","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/capsule-a-dose-of-new-singaporean-writing-edited-by-chang-yujen","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}