A Luxury We Cannot Afford: An Anthology of Singapore Poetry by Jee Leong Koh, Daryl Lim Wei Jie, Laremy Lee, Alvin Pang, Tse Hao Guang, Ian Chung, Sze Yao Tan, Paul Grayson, Leong Liew Geok, Hazwan Norly, Samantha Toh, Joshua Ip, Charlene Shepherdson, Samuel Lee, Pooja Nansi, Ann Ang, Rodrigo V. Dela Peña Jr., Alfian Sa'at, Loh Guan Liang, Eric Tinsay Valles, Alfonse Chiu, Ho Ren Chun, Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé, Jeremy Tiang, Jing-Jing Lee, Low Kian Seh, Amanda Lee Koe, Chelsea Sim, Teh Su Ching, Ng Yi-Sheng, Krishna Udayasankar, Christine Chia, Grace Chia, Toh Hsien Min, Jason Erik Lundberg, Jon Gresham, Edwin Thumboo, Theophilus Kwek, Felix Cheong, Evaleen Tan, Jennifer Anne Champion, Leon Choo, Shawn Hoo, Keith Tong, Lynne Hong, Lauren Harper, Gilbert Koh, Norashiqin Toh, Sandesh Sambhi, Marc Nair, Jerrold Yam

A Luxury We Cannot Afford: An Anthology of Singapore Poetry
Jee Leong Koh, Daryl Lim Wei Jie, Laremy Lee, Alvin Pang, Tse Hao Guang, Ian Chung, Sze Yao Tan, Paul Grayson, Leong Liew Geok, Hazwan Norly, Samantha Toh, Joshua Ip, Charlene Shepherdson, Samuel Lee, Pooja Nansi, Ann Ang, Rodrigo V. Dela Peña Jr., Alfian Sa'at, Loh Guan Liang, Eric Tinsay Valles, Alfonse Chiu, Ho Ren Chun, Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé, Jeremy Tiang, Jing-Jing Lee, Low Kian Seh, Amanda Lee Koe, Chelsea Sim, Teh Su Ching, Ng Yi-Sheng, Krishna Udayasankar, Christine Chia, Grace Chia, Toh Hsien Min, Jason Erik Lundberg, Jon Gresham, Edwin Thumboo, Theophilus Kwek, Felix Cheong, Evaleen Tan, Jennifer Anne Champion, Leon Choo, Shawn Hoo, Keith Tong, Lynne Hong, Lauren Harper, Gilbert Koh, Norashiqin Toh, Sandesh Sambhi, Marc Nair, Jerrold Yam

160 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

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Singapore is a country of many invented, transplanted, or self-made myths and fables, but one looms above them all. 1969 marks the famous declaration of the myth: "Poetry is a luxury we cannot afford."As our island nation approaches its 50th anniv...