Pooja Nansi is the author of Stiletto Scars and Love is an Empty Barstool. She is also the editor of several anthologies of Singaporean poetry and literary education.
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Love is an Empty Barstool
Poems by Pooja Nansi
Singapore: Math Paper Press, 2014
The poems in this collection are best read with a glass of single malt but they work equally well in a quiet place at twilight. Test on a small area first – especially if you are in possession of a broken (or breaking) heart and see your bartender immediately if side effects persist. $16 at BooksActually.
Local Anaesthetic: A Painless Approach to Singaporean Poetry
Edited by Pooja Nansi and Erin Woodford
Singapore: Ethos Books, 2014
This is the book for every teacher who has ever wanted to introduce Singaporean Poetry in their Literature classroom but didn't feel confident enough about doing it. This guide, written by teachers for teachers, presents a painless and flexible approach to designing a unit around teaching Singaporean poetry in a way that is tailored to your own classroom. You will find a detailed guide to each poem and suggestions for how to teach them thematically or by difficulty level or even for the specific purpose of helping your students understand a particular poetic device. $16 at Ethos Books.
SingPoWriMo: The Anthology
Edited by Ann Ang, Joshua Ip and Pooja Nansi
Singapore: Math Paper Press, 2014
Singapore Poetry Writing Month, or as we affectionately call it, SingPoWriMo. Write one poem a day for thirty days in the cruel month of April: that was the challenge thrown open to the wilderness of the interwebz. This anthology brings together the best of the hundreds of poems that were submitted, from verses written in response to fiendish "include-all-these-six-words-in-your-poem" challenges, to impromptu poems written on whim. In the spirit of the democratic process of poetry, we feature first-time poets beside established ones, and blackout poems besides long-forgotten forms such as the liwuli. $21 at Naiise.
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Stiletto Scars
Poems by Pooja Nansi
Singapore: Word Forward, 2007
Born in Gujarat, India, Pooja Nansi has lived in Singapore since she was one and a half. Her first book explores tradition, family, discrimination and her identity as a woman in the rapidly changing Southeast Asian society. The result of her emotional recollection is a book that melds seamlessly the lighter, more casual themes with darker ones that confronts shamelessly her emotional, physical, social and sensual discoveries. $15 at Red WheelBarrow Books.