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    Singapore Unbound

    by –MELYNDA FULLER Feb 09, 2017 3 minutes
    Source: Jee Leong Koh speaks at the Asian American Writers’ Workshop and Alfian Sa’at speaks at the Asia Society as part of the 2016 Singapore Literature Festival in New York City.

    Every month in New York City, thirty to forty writers and literature enthusiasts gather at the home of a fellow writer for a potluck and reading of American, international, and Singaporean literature. Established in 2014 by Singaporean writer Jee Leong Koh, these salons, called the Second Saturday Reading Series, have featured dozens of emerging and established writers from around the world and allowed Singaporean and non-Singaporean writers alike to connect over literature.

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