June 2022 – Issue 4

FOUNDING EDITOR :

Malachi Edwin Vethamani

JOINT EDITOR :

Danton Remoto

COPY EDITOR :

Augustine Chay

WEB EDITOR :

Kayven Chew Kian Tatt

 

Cover photograph by Benjamin Achrainer

MMOJ  is published by Ardent and Paramount Enterprise

e-ISSN : 2773-5613

 – EDITORIAL – 

 

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– POETRY –

 

Kennedy Gisege,

Bitter Faith, Break from Madness,

Insides like the Kora and 

Scattered like Yellow Feathers

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Cameron Morse,

New Snow, A Field of Geese, Dad Bod, and Snow Pellets

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Paul Brucker,

A High School Night between 12:16 and 12:19

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Vernon Daim,

Night Train

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John Grey,

Basking, In a Recent Dream, and That Failed First Attempt  

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Julian Matthews,

Face It

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Lawrence Petterner,

Celine

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Sanket Mhatre,

A Distinct Memory of Colours

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– FICTION –

 

Unni Menon,

The Tiffin Carrier Man

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John Martino,

Minor Characters

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Scott Henderson,

Chipped Pieces

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Joseph Pearl,

Sincerely, Asthma

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– CREATIVE NONFICTION – 

 

Stephen S. Howie,

Katabasis

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– BOOK REVIEWS – 

 

Shanthini Pillai,

Review of

Shivani Sivagurunathan’s ‘Yalpanam’ (2021)

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– INTERVIEWS WITH 5 YOUNG MALAYSIAN POETS  –

 

The Editors,

 

Introduction to the Feature on 5 Young Malaysian Poets

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Section I

 

Interview with Lim Jack Kin 

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Interview with Fikri Ahmad 

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Interview with Yee Heng Yeh

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Interview with Ismim Putera

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Interview with Joseph Lu

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Section II

 

Wong Phui Nam,

Advice to Young Poets

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– A SPECIAL FEATURE ON EDWIN THUMBOO –

 

The Editors,

Introduction to the Special Feature on Edwin Thumboo

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Part I

 

Edwin Thumboo,

A Stitch …. in Time

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Edwin Thumboo,

1st April ’45, 42 Monk’s Hill Terrace, Newton; Jonathan before Gilboa, and Uncle Never Knew

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Edwin Thumboo,

The English Anthology in Singapore and Southeast Asia

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Nilanjana Segupta,

The Votive Pen: Writings on Edwin Thumboo

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Part II

 

Oliver BH Seet,

Edwin

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Heng Siok Tian,

Portraiture: A Known Citizen

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Robert Yeo,

Words for E.T.

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Cyril Wong,

That Final Place

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Eric Tinsay Valles,

Prof’s Feast

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Wong Phui Nam,

A Fire Easter

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 – CONTRIBUTORS’ NOTES – 

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