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A review by cookiemonstaly
Emerging Malaysian Writers 2018 by Archana Vijai Kumar, Kaljit Kaur, Aimee Lee, Sukanya Dhanarajan, Sarah Alwi, Sanjugtha Vigneswaran, Chloe Lim, Najrina Suhana Abdul Jalil, Peter Soh, Nurhayati Mohd Fadzil, Khayma Balakrishnan, Chong Beng Wei
4.0
A very short anthology of stories and poems in various languages (mostly English) and various genres, written by aspiring now- published authors of all races.
Out of all, I really enjoyed:
• Break for the witty banter between Jack the skeleton and the mannequin, though I have a slight feeling that this is a retelling of "Titanic";
• Cigarettes & Expectations, where the author speaks of that tough love many experience with their elders;
• The Missing Tomb, which manages to weave together tradition, history, and tragedy all at once; and
• Sellamah's Home for a most unexpected twist to a horror story.
While I'm not a fan of reading poems, I do enjoy listening to spoken poetry! "Racial Ambiguity" and "Racial Remarks" were my favourites, which I had the opportunity to hear its performance at the launch of "Emerging Malaysian Writers 2018".
All in all, a very quick read. Some hits and misses - which is to be expected with anthologies - but mostly hits in this one. I'm looking forward to see what's in store with the next publication.
Out of all, I really enjoyed:
• Break for the witty banter between Jack the skeleton and the mannequin, though I have a slight feeling that this is a retelling of "Titanic";
• Cigarettes & Expectations, where the author speaks of that tough love many experience with their elders;
• The Missing Tomb, which manages to weave together tradition, history, and tragedy all at once; and
• Sellamah's Home for a most unexpected twist to a horror story.
While I'm not a fan of reading poems, I do enjoy listening to spoken poetry! "Racial Ambiguity" and "Racial Remarks" were my favourites, which I had the opportunity to hear its performance at the launch of "Emerging Malaysian Writers 2018".
All in all, a very quick read. Some hits and misses - which is to be expected with anthologies - but mostly hits in this one. I'm looking forward to see what's in store with the next publication.