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Drink Deep, Or Taste Not the Pierian Spring
By Toh Hsien Min.
Vol. 3 No. 1 Oct 2003.

Familial and Erotic Love
Eddie Tay on Li-Young Lee.
Vol. 1 No. 2 Jan 2002.

Female Sexuality in a Clairol Ad and its Reception by its Hong Kong Audience
By Amy T.Y. Lai.
Vol. 3 No. 1 Oct 2003.

Gopal Baratham: A Retrospective
By Teng Qian Xi.
Vol. 2 No. 1 Oct 2002.

Guan Ju, the Song of Songs and the Language of Love
By Ng Teng Kuan.
Vol. 3 No. 1 Oct 2003.

Ham and Eard: Ideas of Home
By Toh Hsien Min.
Vol. 1 No. 4 Jul 2002.

Heidegger and Derrida's Notions of Language and Difference
Cyril Wong on Heidegger and Derrida.
Vol. 1 No. 2 Jan 2002.

In praise of multilingualism, bad French and the canoe instructor
Daniel de Roulet on multilingualism.
Vol. 2 No. 3 Apr 2003.

In Search of the Lotus Land
Tan Hwee Hwee gets spiritual.
Vol. 1 No. 1 Oct 2001.

Ink of Diverse Gods
Alice Mendoza on religion in Amy Tan.
Vol. 2 No. 1 Oct 2002.

The Ink of Diverse Gods (Part II)
Alice Mendoza on religion in Maxine Hong Kingston.
Vol. 2 No. 2 Jan 2003.

A Letter from Another Sports Fan
By Miguel Jaime Ongpin.
Vol. 3 No. 1 Oct 2003.

Letter From Hong Kong: The Life of Mask-Wearers
Wendy Gan on how SARS has changed life in Hong Kong.
Vol. 2 No. 3 Apr 2003.

Markova's Story
Ronald Klein on the last living comfort man of World War II.
Vol. 3 No. 2 Jan 2004.

Of Small Places and Big Spaces
Lee Seow Ser on living in Lorient.
Vol. 2 No. 4 Jul 2003.

On Translation
By Michael Zeller.
Vol. 2 No. 2 Jan 2003.

Peripheral Beings and Loss in Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things
By Ng Shing Yi.
Vol. 2 No. 4 Jul 2003.

Uncertainty and Scepticism in Arthur Yap
By Cyril Wong.
Vol. 1 No. 4 Jul 2002.

Unsettling Ways of Exile
Eddie Tay on Wong Phui Nam.
Vol. 1 No. 1 Oct 2001.

Vanity in Vietnam
Zia Zaman on travelling in Vietnam.
Vol. 1 No. 3 Apr 2002.

Writing the Word Ren in Open Air
By Gui Wei Hsin.
Vol. 1 No. 4 Jul 2002.

Xu Xi's Hong Kong in Four Decades
By Amy T.Y. Lai.
Vol. 2 No. 4 Jul 2003.

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