Shu-Ling Chua

Echoes is a curious and lyrical collection of personal essays from writer, essayist, critic and poet Shu-Ling Chua which references art and literature, pop culture and nostalgia. It gathers small joys, from a figure-hugging 'disco dress' to learning to sing Koo Mei's 'Bu Liao Qing' to the swish of washing machines. And asks: what does one unknowingly inherit?

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Years later, I had presumed consuming the same cultural products would help me piece together her life. There is, however, a river-linguistic, cultural, historical cannot cross. When I listen to these songs, l am not yearning for the past or some imagined homeland but creating new memories.

In opting out of motherhood, am I living a beginning, an ending, or both? 

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