QLRS: Vol. 2 No. 3 Apr 2003


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Liberation and Deliberation
QLRS Vol. 2 No. 3 Apr 2003

Contents

Editorial
On the control of information.

Poetry

Beethoven, Opus 92
by Zhang Ruihe

The Wall
by Eugene Datta

Morning
by Eugene Datta

February
by Ng Shing Yi

The News
by Joanne Leow

Second Day of Mourning
by Gaston Ng

You make it easy to leave you
by Wendy Gan

ICU
by Grace Chua

Memento Mori X
by Yeow Kai Chai

Short Stories

Beijing
by Desmond Kwok

To Leave The Morning
by Ma Shaoling

Essays

In praise of multilingualism, bad French and the canoe instructor
Daniel de Roulet on multilingualism.

Letter From Hong Kong: The Life of Mask-Wearers
Wendy Gan on how SARS has changed life in Hong Kong.

Criticism

Gritted Teeth and Stoic Strength
Zhang Ruihe reviews From Boys To Men.

Handle Poetry With Care
Yeo Yen Ping reviews Felix Cheong's Broken By The Rain.

How To Be Seriously Alone
Gerard Yee reviews Jonathan Franzen's How To Be Alone.

Getting the House in Order
Sheo S. Rai reviews People Like Us.

On the Familiar Made Exotic
Wena Poon reviews Thomas Kitching's Life and Death in Changi.

Interviews

Sex and the City Poet
Alvin Pang interviews Felix Cheong.

Extra Media

A Sour View From The Top
Richard Lord reviews Top Girls.

We Lost It At The Movies
Richard Lord reviews Popcorn.

Pas de Deux For Lonely Singles
Richard Lord reviews Modern Dance for Beginners and Confessions of Three Unmarried Women.

Almost Spiritual Exercise
Susan Tsang reviews “Dreams and Portents”.

Entering Beauty, Entering Art
Cyril Wong reviews Anaglyphs.

The Acid Tongue

Prose in Peril on the Sea: Adam Mars-Jones eats Grass

QLRS Vol. 2 No. 3 Apr 2003

EDITED BY
Chief/Poetry: Toh Hsien Min
Short Stories: Winnie Lee
Essays: Heng Siok Tian and Elaine Foo
Criticism and Interviews: Elaine Foo and Chia Yueh Chin
Extra Media: Cyril Wong and Chia Yueh Chin
The Acid Tongue: Cyril Wong
Technical: vacant

Issue illustration by: Terence Heng

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