SINGAPORE – Perhaps the biggest insight to come out of two Singapore Writers Festival panels last Saturday was that poetry might now be the most accessible form of literature here, contrary to what the late Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew believed. He had once said “poetry is a luxury we cannot afford”. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Singapore’s literary movement had a strong grassroots beginning, largely organised by writers themselves, so it makes sense that Singapore’s writers are as diverse as its population.
Some of the writers in this list came from that movement, and some took other avenues to develop their craft, but all of them have created work worth reading.
There’s no better time than a new year to dedicate yourself to supporting our local writers.
Marylyn Tan
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Marylyn Tan started making waves in Singapore’s spoken word scene in the early 2010s with her unapologetically queer, feminist poetry.