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Reflecting on the Merlion: An Anthology of Poems
Edwin Thumboo and Yeow Kai Chai (eds.)
Singapore: National Arts Council, 2009
ISBN: 9789810843007

How has an improbable creation come to take on the hopes and aspirations of a nascent nation? This book, with poems by nearly 40 poets, zeroes in on the Merlion and what it ultimately says about Singapore and Singaporeans.

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