gaspp me!
By Pat Law • Oct 26th, 2010 • Category: The RestOh I cannot wait for the launch of GASPP this Friday.
GASPP is Singapore’s first anthology of writers who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and otherwise queer. It’s the combined work of 35 authors, translators and editors, who’ve contributed poetry, short fiction, memoirs, essays and experimental writing in English, Mandarin and Malay.
Between these covers, you’ll meet a loving couple struck by HIV, a lesbian lawyer confronted by her past, a voyeur in a New York library, an alarmed government censor, and a bomoh with a magic formula that keeps gay men faithful.
Romantic, sensual, hysterical and bizarre, these works are a testament to the range of voices that constitute queer literature in Singapore today.
Featured writers include Johann S. Lee, X’Ho, Ovidia Yu, Alfian Sa’at, Cyril Wong, Jason Wee, Lee Yew Leong, Ng How Wee (???), Adrianna Tan, Koh Jee Leong, Wang Zi Si (???), Jasmine Seah, O Thiam Chin, Zhuang Yusa, Ng Yi-Sheng, Michael Lee, Selwyn Lee, Irfan Kasban, Andrew Cheah, Michael Corbidge, Desmond Kon, Johann Loh, Chrystal Wang, Ash Lim, Geraldine Toh, Jabir Yusoff, Mint Hong (??), Grace Chua, Nicholas Deroose, Tata So, Dominic Chua and Tania de Rozario.
In the words of Dr KK Seet:
With its astounding diversity, its creative energy and its delicately proportioned contours of fictive or semi-autobiographical memory, this anthology speaks from the heart, not from the podium. Highly recommended as the ideal site to encounter “gay writing in Singapore” (or for that matter, some of the best literature in Singapore) for the first or the umpteenth time.
