ZYZZYVA 93 / San Francisco, CA
New England Review 32.3 / Middlebury, VT
DIAGRAM 11.4 / Tucson, AZ
Camera Obscura 3 / Addison, TX
Fiddleblack 2 / Peninsula, OH
Barrelhouse 9 / Washington, DC
Antioch Review Fall 2011 / Yellow Springs, OH
Birkensnake 4 / Providence, RI
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Paris Review 199 / Manhattan, NY
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Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé has edited more than 10 books and co-produced 3 audio books, several pro bono for non-profit organizations. His work in lifestyle and developmental journalism took him to Australia, Cambodia, France, Hong Kong and Spain, and saw him writing numerous stories. A recipient of the Singapore Internationale Grant and Dr Hiew Siew Nam Academic Award, he has recent work in Cerise Press, Everyday Genius, Monkeybicycle, Retort Magazine, with work forthcoming in Blackbird, Copper Nickel, Ganymede, Pank, and Spilt Milk. Also working in clay, Desmond sculpts commemorative ceramic pieces for his Potter Poetics Collection. These works are housed in museums and private collections in India, the Netherlands, the UK and the US.
One of Singapore’s most admired and respected poets, Yeow Kai Chai has two poetry collections, Pretend I’m Not Here (2006) and Secret Manta (2001), which was adapted from an entry shortlisted for the 1995 Singapore Literature Prize. In 2009, he edited the anthology Reflecting on the Merlion with Edwin Thumboo, with his own poems included
Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé: It’s a wet 4.33am in Singapore, and I’m plugged in to Motohiro Nakashima’s “Duck Pond Evening.” Versal Seven is beside me, to the opening poem by Lizzi Thistlethwayte, and its lines: through the scratch and the song thrush lay you down yourself a rope tight to the sea bed This interview is about
