A review by mmopiko
Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume Two by Jason Erik Lundberg

3.0

this is a hard book to review just because it’s such an eclectic mix of stories, but i guess it’s meant to be. it did expose me to a lot of new singaporean authors though. i realised i have never read a piece of joshua ip’s writing. also it really shows the trends in singlit like foreigners/immigrants and class divide and So so so much sex i think we are a very sexually repressed people.

favourites: I m d 1 in 10 (Victor Fernando R. Ocampo), Tenali Raman Redux (Jennani Durai), Mama at Owen Road (Gemma Pereira), Meat Bone Tea (Stephanie Ye), The Man Who Turned Into a Photocopier (Joshua Ip), Anaesthesia (Andrew Cheah)