New Malaysian Essays 1 By Amir Muhammad

The first of a planned annual series concentrating on local non fiction writing From polemic to ode to memoir this series invites Malaysian readers and writers to notice analyse and interpret the living throbbing squelching vitality around them Multi disciplinary multi tasking and best appreciated on multi vitamins this first collection takes us from Brian Yap s election era critique to Amir Muhammad s alternative lexicon by way of Burhan Baki s elegant deconstructions Aminuddin Mahmud s seminar on branding and Saharil Hasnin Sanin s knockabout ruminations on language this essay is in Malay before rounding off with Sonia Randhawa s stirring call for national and therefore personal self realisation New Malaysian Essays 1Bought it at Silverfish Bangsar Amir Muhammad