Debbie Chia is a first-class honours graduate in Cultural Studies from the University of Melbourne. She has been published in the2ndrule, JUICE and HerStory, a compendium of essays published by the Singapore Council of Women's Organisations. She is a full-time writer and part-time DJ. Her favourite authors are Walter Benjamin, D.H. Lawrence and Charles Bukowski.

• Criticism : Identifying Absence

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