When the Barbarians Arrive
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When the Barbarians Arrive is a selected works from Singaporean poet Alvin Pang's five previous collections, including Testing the Silence (1997) and City of Rain (2003). Wry, sensitive and intelligent throughout, the selection ranges from unsentimental love poems to sharply satirical writing. They mock, celebrate and unsettle, at once recognisably national and international in reach, offering a fresh edge and energy to the wave of urban poetry emerging from Singapore.

Alvin Pang was born in Singapore in 1972. A Fellow of Iowa University's International Writing program, his poetry has been translated into more than fifteen languages, and he has appeared at major festivals and in anthologies worldwide. He has edited the anthologies No Other City (2000); Over There: Poems from Singapore and Australia (with John Kinsella, 2008), and Tumasik: Contemporary Writing from Singapore (2009). Pang was named the 2005 Young Artist of the Year for Literature by Singapore's National Arts Council, and was received the Singapore Youth Award (Arts and Culture) in 2007.

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Publisher
Arc Publications
Year
2012
ISBN
9781908376336
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
European Poetry
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Beginning
  2. Copyright
  3. Dedication
  4. Title Page
  5. Contents
  6. INITIATION
  7. FLY-FISHING
  8. FRICTION
  9. THE SCENT OF THE REAL
  10. HOMECOMING
  11. SHADES OF LIGHT IN HOLLAND VILLAGE
  12. WHAT TO WRITE ABOUT IN COLD STORAGE, CIRCA 2000 AD
  13. WHAT IT MEANS TO BE LANDLESS
  14. ABSENCES
  15. POEM FOR AN ENGINEER
  16. MERLIGN
  17. THE MEANING OF WEALTH IN THE NEW ECONOMY
  18. OTHER THINGS
  19. PATIENCE
  20. SALT
  21. AUBADE
  22. THE BURNING ROOM
  23. INCENDIUM AMORIS
  24. CANDLES
  25. RAIN
  26. TO GO TO S'PORE
  27. THIRTEEN WAYS OF LOOKING AT A SNOWSCAPE
  28. LOADED
  29. UPGRADING
  30. MADE OF GOLD
  31. WHEN THE BARBARIANS ARRIVE
  32. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  33. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
  34. Also available in the Arc INTERNATIONAL POETS series: