Term: book-excerpt
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THE EAST: A Couple of Clactons
On the train to Essex, I realise I know little about Essex. And that little is scrappy and second-hand. Growing up in the 1990s, I...
The Long Journey
I was accustomed to the intense heat, but that morning it seemed to me unbearable. Perhaps because I was looking forward to completing my goal....
Six Saturdays of Beyblade
It was raining hard that night and the howls of stray dogs echoed across the village. What I remember from those scenes come as passing...
A Heart of Summer
I once lived in a three-bedroom unit in an elegant condominium in Simei, in Singapore. My two flatmates were fellow Filipinos: Antonio was an engineer,...
The Box with the Sunflower Clasp
To my great sadness, I have no memory at all of my mother’s voice. By the time I was three months old, Ilse had taken...
Book Excerpt: The Waters of Manila Bay are Never Silent
What could be more peaceful or romantic than walking along a beach and watching the sun dip into the horizon, the sky a beautiful haze...
Book Excerpt: The Middle Daughter
Within six months Mother not only buys the land, she also builds what she calls her ‘dream clinic’. Even for Mother, it is an incredible...
Book Excerpt: Peony Vertigo
I stole from you a noun hijacked a verb I declared I’m mostly female, a peony in the mouth of spring, too late I’ve constructed...
Book Excerpt: Halcyon Journey
Join me inside a camouflaged turkey-hunting blind as I observe a pair of skittish belted kingfishers feeding their chicks tucked deep in an earthen burrow...
Imaginary Peaks
Maps are instruments of knowledge, science, and faith. One trusts the ability of the mapmakers and their associates to measure the terrain accurately, and then...
Excerpt: In Every Mirror She's Black
Told through the perspectives of three Black women in Sweden, internationally-acclaimed and bestselling In Every Mirror She’s Black is a fast-paced, richly nuanced yet accessible...