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I Don’t Want Him to Smell
Spittoon Monthly presents “I Don’t Want Him to Smell” by Damyanti Biswas, a story of a poor Singaporean family trapped in the stink of being human.
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An Interview with Siddharth Dasgupta
Siddharth Dasgupta discusses the erotic nature of cities, the indivisibility of place and language, and the “untouched sweetness” of foreign words.
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The Poetry of Siddharth Dasgupta
Spittoon Monthly presents the sensuous lyric of Siddharth Dasgupta, our featured writer for July. Rooted in Istanbul, Calcutta, memory, and language itself, these five poems are both worldly and intimate, generating a rich soundscape where a reader-traveler might sojourn.
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An Interview with Jordan Dotson
Jordan Dotson reflects on fifteen years as an expat writer in China, the colorful scene in Shenzhen around 2010, utopias, and what it takes to keep writing.
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The Unicorn King
“Yet the water-taxi captain didn’t budge. Instead, with his beady eyes shining full of wonder, he only stared and stared some more, and finally stared so unthinkably hard that he tipped face-first into the harbor.”
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An Interview with 昨非 Zuo Fei
“The whole ritual is like, you’ve got this idea in your mind. And the idea will be there for a couple days, sometimes a couple weeks. It’s like it’s always there. You’re haunted. If you cannot get it out, you feel really bad. You cannot eat. You cannot sleep.”
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Spittoon Podcast Ep. 2
When you can’t come to Spittoon reading nights, Spittoon reading nights come to you! Featuring readings by Ben Thompson, Rianka Mohan, and Nathan Bennett.
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The Poetry of 昨非 Zuo Fei
Hurry up, a lion that dies at noon
Must be skinned before sunset