women 2018
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To write thinking of a novel’s reception and anticipating that it will be of interest is an idea of hell, a betrayal.
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One place can be many, many things. I’d like to convey an image of Singapore that deviates from Western-centric cultural explanation.
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Producing unusualness, writing expands our sense of what is possible. Imaginable. Livable. Publishing women authors is not a minor component in this process.
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The category of ‘woman writer’ can include anyone who covers gender-based oppression and violence from a position of lived experience, but only – and most importantly – if they want or need for the category to contain them.
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This being the Year of Publishing Women, we are dedicating our first issue to women’s writing, bringing together voices from Mexico, Argentina, Singapore, and the UK.
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